Road cyclists
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Road cyclists
Has anyone else noticed how riding a road bike is competely different than riding a mtb or cruiser? The lack of a cushiony suspension or shock absorbing heavy, wide, low pressure tires + a heavier, thicker seat end up isolating the rider from really being one with the s road. Riding a SS really dramatizes this fact. A fixed is the limit, but I cheat a little riding a freewheel.
I've always thought it'd be interesting to see a cop in a mtb chase a cyclist on a road bike. I'd put my money on the road bike.
I've always thought it'd be interesting to see a cop in a mtb chase a cyclist on a road bike. I'd put my money on the road bike.
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Takes a certain kind of person to stick with riding a bike. That's the important thing. To become One with a certain type of bike is magic. But you may be amazed how over time that magic may change over to many types of bikes.
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Nope. One would think a bicycle is a bicycle is a bicycle. Are you trying to advise us that a bike with big tires and a suspension rides differently from a bike with no suspension and skinny tires? I say poppycock, prove it.
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No idea what this is about. Riding my mountain bike is exactly the same as my racing road bike. And both of those feel just like my BMX I rode as a kid.
In fact...I think the BMX might have been faster.
Not as fast as my tricycle when I was a wee lad, mind you....but I don't have the heart for those blistering speeds anymore.
In fact...I think the BMX might have been faster.
Not as fast as my tricycle when I was a wee lad, mind you....but I don't have the heart for those blistering speeds anymore.
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The last time I became One With the Road, I ended up in the emergency room.
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Either way, what you described typically doesnt exist.
A buddy of mine can ride his full suspension mountain bike as fast as I can ride my road bikes. Its more effort for him, but its still doable for tens of miles and is impressive.
Odd thing to find interesting.
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You lost me. A lack of suspension combined with heavy wide tires and a thick saddle end up isolating the rider from being one with the road? If you are describing a road bike(since it doesnt have suspension), then it doesnt have heavy wide tires or a thick saddle. If you are describing a mountain bike, then it does have suspension.
Either way, what you described typically doesnt exist.
Either way, what you described typically doesnt exist.
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Right in front of Grand Central Terminal too.
Peds were yelling, "Go get 'em Johnny!", clapping and other such encouragement.
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Yes, MTB's can be fast depending on the rider. But you'll need a road bike to outrun the cops.
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I crossed the country with a small group of people. The overall strongest rider in the group was an ex-CHiP who was riding a full suspension MTB (back problems from riding a motorcycle for 30 years) towing a B.O.B. trailer with a lot of weight.
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Moral of the story: Have the method of escape that's better than that of your pursuers.
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Any good cyclist (o driver, motorcyclist, tennis player, picjka s sport or activity) reaches a state where s/he simply becomes the activity, where there are no conscious decisions to move levers or swiing a racket or take a step, where the awareness is in the moment and the actions occur as immediate acts of will as the athlete moves through space and time and changing physical environments.
Watch a downhill MTB rider coming through roots, trees, and rock gardens, while making it look like a person walking down a smooth, flat corridor ..... except that the rider is negotiating a 45-degree drop littered with boulders and roots , weaving between obstacles constantly at 50 mph, in a situation where being off-line anywhere means eating a tree or a rock eventually, where perfect response is needed every millisecond through a two-minute run ....
Then come back and explain what 'being one" with something means.
Watch a downhill MTB rider coming through roots, trees, and rock gardens, while making it look like a person walking down a smooth, flat corridor ..... except that the rider is negotiating a 45-degree drop littered with boulders and roots , weaving between obstacles constantly at 50 mph, in a situation where being off-line anywhere means eating a tree or a rock eventually, where perfect response is needed every millisecond through a two-minute run ....
Then come back and explain what 'being one" with something means.
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