Originally Posted by
CrankyOne
There's a reason that just about nobody outside of the US uses road bikes for transportation and instead mostly ride upright Dutch geometry. As you pointed out, the overall time diff is often between zero and negligible. Even on my 9 mile each way commute the difference is 5 minutes ride time (though road or mountain then require considerable more time getting ready at each end).
MAMIL culture is largely limited to a US phenomenon for a reason.
Or not, people here in Japan ride every type of bike to work. And cycling as a sport is pretty popluar with lots of guys riding expensive bikes on weekends in their lycra, but you don't see clydes on road bikes here.