Comments on: How do road and mountain bike skills compare?

By: Tim the Wreck

Tim the Wreck — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 23:43:06 +0000

I have yet to go on a real road ride on a real road bike. Those crazy drivers freak me out. Jack from my LBS keeps teling me he’s gonna get me on one soon. We’ll see.

By: fixedgear

fixedgear — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 20:34:14 +0000

It’s good to mix it up. Some folks I see who only ride on the road just kind of panic and freak out when they have a momentary lapse in attention and find themselves off the shoulder of the road and in the gravel or soft stuff. I stead of freaking out and crashing, this is where some off-road skills can come in handy. Just ride it out. For laying down that aerobic base, nothing beats the road bike.

By: quickkarl

quickkarl — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 19:30:16 +0000

was riding with a road group, ( im new to road riding) and i did a bunny hop to miss a pot hole, did i get some strange looks. saved my wheels
karl