Show me your URBAN ROAD grunge
03-18-22, 11:27 PM
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Show me your URBAN ROAD grunge
Coughed up my toast when I read that "urban road" is the next hottest trend in cycling; OTOH kind of like what I see here:
https://theradavist.com/2022/03/read...ner-super-rat/
If you have something that falls into this loose category, do share
https://theradavist.com/2022/03/read...ner-super-rat/
If you have something that falls into this loose category, do share
03-19-22, 02:03 AM
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Urban road = wheels worth more than rest of bike?
03-19-22, 03:24 AM
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We used to call it “urban assault” riding back in the days when I was doing that, shooting around town with near-reckless abandon. I’m a little too old to really get after it like that nowadays (my knees don’t always immediately do what I want them to 
), but interestingly, what I call my “fast urban” whip, a Tern Rally, really isn’t all that different from the Viner in the OP:
Tern Rally
Mine’s obviously got a more gentlemanly aesthetic, but the narrow flat bars are ideal for dicing up traffic, IMO, and I’m definitely not rippin’ alleycat races, so the added accoutrements work for me.
Although I won’t be joining the “urban road grunge party,” I get it and think it’s cool.
), but interestingly, what I call my “fast urban” whip, a Tern Rally, really isn’t all that different from the Viner in the OP:Tern Rally
Mine’s obviously got a more gentlemanly aesthetic, but the narrow flat bars are ideal for dicing up traffic, IMO, and I’m definitely not rippin’ alleycat races, so the added accoutrements work for me.
Although I won’t be joining the “urban road grunge party,” I get it and think it’s cool.
03-19-22, 04:44 AM
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Umm, no.
These are commuter bikes.
These are commuter bikes.
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03-19-22, 05:17 AM
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03-19-22, 11:48 AM
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I have no bike for riding urban areas. Road bikes don't seem appropriate for that type of riding though I know many do use them in the cities.
03-19-22, 06:12 PM
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Your Tern Rally looks classic. Definitely not the grunge dissonance projected by carbon fiber wheels on a rusty frame.
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