Why would anybody employ a road bicycle for transport?
08-19-10, 02:20 PM
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Why would anybody employ a road bicycle for transport?
I mean, go figure.
Discuss.
Discuss.
08-19-10, 02:30 PM
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If not a road bike, what sort of bike? Perhaps an exercise bike?
08-19-10, 02:33 PM
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I'm not sure what we should be discussing here. I'm a poor simple white person living in a small one bedroom apartment. Barely have room for the two bikes I have. One is a road bike, the other a mountain bike. I prefer to ride the road bike to work. Would like a commuter bike but have no place to store it.
08-19-10, 02:45 PM
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Because I only have the room and funds for one bike and don't want a hybrid...? I don't understand the question...
08-19-10, 02:48 PM
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I'm too stupid to understand the question. Are you asking why anyone would use a bike to get around?
No car, for exercise, to make a living, for recreation, got a DUI, because you live in Bombay.
No car, for exercise, to make a living, for recreation, got a DUI, because you live in Bombay.
08-19-10, 03:02 PM
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08-19-10, 03:12 PM
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08-19-10, 03:56 PM
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I think pcad meant: why would anybody employ transport for a road bike?
Hellish heat, flat tires, mudslides, riots, foot fungus, forgotten marriage anniversary, pcad would never accept the services of a sag wagon.
Hellish heat, flat tires, mudslides, riots, foot fungus, forgotten marriage anniversary, pcad would never accept the services of a sag wagon.
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08-19-10, 04:19 PM
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~Because I'd rather spend my last two seconds thinking "Oh $#it" than spend my last two months struggling against cancer in a hospice ward.
~Because I laugh with great, gasping snorts when I see people getting into arguments over parking spaces, cutting each other off, or whining about gas prices.
~Because it scares my mom even more than my motorcycles.
~Because I emit more smug than smog.
~Because I love riding my bikes almost as much I love looking at them.
~Because riding past dozens of cars stopped in traffic rules pretty hard.
~Because I look better naked than about 99.667% of the drivers I encounter on my commute.
~Because I can make a pretty girl smile just by ringing the bell on my handlebars & waving.
~Because I laugh with great, gasping snorts when I see people getting into arguments over parking spaces, cutting each other off, or whining about gas prices.
~Because it scares my mom even more than my motorcycles.
~Because I emit more smug than smog.
~Because I love riding my bikes almost as much I love looking at them.
~Because riding past dozens of cars stopped in traffic rules pretty hard.
~Because I look better naked than about 99.667% of the drivers I encounter on my commute.
~Because I can make a pretty girl smile just by ringing the bell on my handlebars & waving.
08-19-10, 04:32 PM
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Don't tell me you've become a 'bent rider and have started hating on the roadies...
08-19-10, 04:36 PM
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Bike ≠ Car ≠ Ped.
Why not?
Duh.
Oh, unless you mean carrying a hundred pounds of gear across the continent... but then what's the definition of "road bicycle"?
Duh.
Oh, unless you mean carrying a hundred pounds of gear across the continent... but then what's the definition of "road bicycle"?
08-19-10, 04:37 PM
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~Because I'd rather spend my last two seconds thinking "Oh $#it" than spend my last two months struggling against cancer in a hospice ward.
~Because I laugh with great, gasping snorts when I see people getting into arguments over parking spaces, cutting each other off, or whining about gas prices.
~Because it scares my mom even more than my motorcycles.
~Because I emit more smug than smog.
~Because I love riding my bikes almost as much I love looking at them.
~Because riding past dozens of cars stopped in traffic rules pretty hard.
~Because I look better naked than about 99.667% of the drivers I encounter on my commute.
~Because I can make a pretty girl smile just by ringing the bell on my handlebars & waving.
~Because I laugh with great, gasping snorts when I see people getting into arguments over parking spaces, cutting each other off, or whining about gas prices.
~Because it scares my mom even more than my motorcycles.
~Because I emit more smug than smog.
~Because I love riding my bikes almost as much I love looking at them.
~Because riding past dozens of cars stopped in traffic rules pretty hard.
~Because I look better naked than about 99.667% of the drivers I encounter on my commute.
~Because I can make a pretty girl smile just by ringing the bell on my handlebars & waving.
unconvinced.
But nice try.
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Okay, how about: because it affords me the opportunity to display my unusual circumcision scar to everyone in the market while clacky-clack-clacking to the back corner of the store where the bottled water is displayed... ?
08-19-10, 04:51 PM
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Speed. I do most of my commuting on a Rans Fusion semi-'bent. But I got a Topeak beam rack with the side plates just so I could ride the roadie to work now and then. I actually hang a laptop pannier on it, and although it's "back-heavy", it's def. faster, esp. climbing Capitol hill, than the Rans. "Just to have another option" is reason enough.
08-19-10, 04:52 PM
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Because running is too slow and doesn't have the bling-potential.
08-19-10, 04:54 PM
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Because I happen to get back and forth to my place of employment on roads? And the best way to get from my house to places that I shop happen to be on roads? And now for the truth: Maybe because my MTB that I rode into the ground and had virtually everything on it ready to fall apart and was so decrepit that I left it outside my house unlocked was eventually stolen so I had to employ my mid-1980's Cannondale road/race bike as my commuter?
At least I bought a cheap set of clincher wheels and retired my Campy Record/GP4 tubular set when I started commuting on it. I pull them out about once per year just for old time's sake along with the Detto shoes.
At least I bought a cheap set of clincher wheels and retired my Campy Record/GP4 tubular set when I started commuting on it. I pull them out about once per year just for old time's sake along with the Detto shoes.
08-19-10, 05:13 PM
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08-19-10, 05:59 PM
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Simple: because I like to. I don't set my road bikes any differently for commuting because it's not as if I'm riding through the jungles of Papau New Guinea, the route is all paved roads and nice ones at that. This way I can make my commutes into training sessions rather than just "point A to point B" riding.
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