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  • February 9, 2014 at 2:26 pm #20658
    gdmor10

    Had a nice blast around our local lanes this morning on my winter bike which is a flat bar cannondale hybrid fitted with cyclocross tires.

    I can hear the howls of derision from road purists but it soaks up the potholes, deals with mud and dirt and today I had to go through a couple floods that where above my bottom bracket. Also it is perfect for canal paths with my wee girl in her seat at the back.

    My point is that I am constantly amazed by the amount of people I see out cycling in high end bikes when the roads are in such bad condition. Question is do they only have one bike or do they have more money than sense?

    As an addendum as soon as the mrs has got her back turned I am planning to get a cyclocross bike for next winter, there is so much more choice than there was a few years ago.

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  • February 10, 2014 at 12:14 am #772781
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    TheGingerAce

    When are British roads not
    When are British roads not bad condition???!!!

    February 9, 2014 at 11:28 pm #772779
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    notfastenough

    I was out on my nice bike
    I was out on my nice bike today because my winter bike is in the shop for some work.

    That said, I did hear about a bloke riding round on zipp 404s in January.

    February 9, 2014 at 11:17 pm #772777
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    pants

    I saw someone cycling to work
    I saw someone cycling to work in central London the otherday on a TT cervelo the other day.

    February 9, 2014 at 7:31 pm #772775
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    dunnoh

    I have two. A Nexus geared
    I have two. A Nexus geared hybrid and a nice enough roadbike. I ride the roadbike almost all the time but have recently gone back to the Hybrid because I was getting sick of cleaning it. I wouldnt have two road bikes as I would rather have just the one and ride it until its beyond economic repair.

    February 9, 2014 at 7:16 pm #772773
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    therevokid

    I only have one … OK so
    I only have one … OK so it’s Ti and can take big
    tyres (28’s) and full guards đŸ™‚

    February 9, 2014 at 6:28 pm #772771
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    Ghostie

    I think a lot of roadies have
    I think a lot of roadies have other non-road specific bikes and/or cheaper bikes for the winter (see the “When is too many bikes enough?” thread). The ones on the expensive bikes – unless that is their winter bike and they have something even better for the summer and then obviously have more money than sense, or enough money to do so – yeah, I’d guess they only have one bike. You give the exact reasons as to why some of us have more than one bike. There’s no worry about ruining the bike, bits going rusty and any minor winter damage can be patched up for the next ride with a proper fix done once the winter is over. Am about to buy a cyclocross-type bike myself, but been waiting for the stormy weather to ease off a bit.

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