No matter how much we love all kinds of cycling, like gravel and mountain biking, we can’t help but always come back to the humble road bike. For us, road bikes will always be boss …and this is why!
00:00 Why are road bikes boss?
00:25 Performance & Speed
01:05 Comfort
01:38 Tyre Clearance
02:11 Affordability & Price Spectrum
02:58 Socialising
03:53 Climbing
04:30 We love road bikes!
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What are your thoughts? ๐ดโโ๐จ Do you think road bikes are boss? Let us know what road bike you're riding!
I am currently ridding a TREK aluminum road bike in the Pacific Northwest. There are plent of paved roads that go into the mountains. This makes for some good quality climbing.
i like my road bike and climbing with it too! i am ridding a triban RC 520 with 105 group set from decathlon! I am super happy with it! i am from Portugal! Cheers boys and girl!
what the hell is this content ?
A Brompton and a Moulton TSR do it for me. Brompton for round town (Bristol) and the Moulton for further afield. Oh and a cheap second hand hybrid โpub bikeโ for when I know Iโll have to lock the bike somewhere.
Hate riding on the road now and try to avoid it whenever I can lol
Here in Eastern Europe I would choose a gravel bike over a roadbike because our roads are in very bad condition. ๐ข
"Road bike is boss"
XC hardtail bikes that can literally ride in every biome and every condition weeping in corner
As much as id love to ride a road bike for weight, aero and stiffness reasons my (very limited) experience this spring went rather different so ive returned the road bike and now have a new found appreciation for my hard tail mtb that ive had for like 12 years and started riding regularly 4 and a half years ago.
Now maybe my road bike issues were just a fit issue, wont find out any time soon :D, but there were like 10 cons and the only real pro was having bigger gears available. Wasnt gonna spend a couple grand just for cycling to become less enjoyable ๐
The best chat these 2 had was on a tandem bmx ๐
I've gone off my road bike due to the increase in cars and agro/ bad drivers out there. I mostly stick to gravel now. If we had safer road cycling routes I would probably get back into more road riding.
Don't own a road bike, but love my gravel bike!! Just did a 50K spin this morning. Maybe the roads and tracks I like to ride are more suited for gravel bike. ๐
3:59. ะฆััt road is that?
Why the obsession with speed? I ride mainly for enjoyment and find a hybrid a lot more comfortable than a road bike, I currently have 50mm diameter tyres fitted on my hybrid which feel a lot safer on the appalling cracked and potholed roads round here. I also love my mountain bike and my fold up bike.
Road bikes are the best. So sick of hearing gravel, gravel, gravel. Iโll never own one
Road bikes are not boss. Really because you have to ride them on the road. Most roads are either in terrible shape are filled with distracted drivers or ones that hate cyclists. After having been hit by cars several times, I don't find the purpose in having a road bike. A gravel race bike is basically the same performance level except is not limited to streets and 32 mm is not enough for gravel.
Road Bike For The Win, Speed is Addictive ๐๐
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I own 3 bikes. Road, MTB and touring. I spend 95% on my road bike and love the 12,000 km I do each year here in southern Ontario, Canada.
Not a big fan of cyclists who are doing it for a nice chat, if at the same time cars are queuing behind them.
u can only ride it on the road how come its a king??…..go with mtb hard tail, u can go everywer with it, RB is not good wer i live due to rough road
My cats breath smells like cat food.
Just picked up Endurance line Trek Domane sl 6 about a few weeks ago. I love it !
The biggest reason road bike is best is because I live in an urban area and I can ride from my door without having to drive anywhere special first
I am still using my road bike 2011 Specialized Allez 8 speed. This bike now have more than 25k kms. (est.) on its clock. I also have 3 wheel sets for this. I have another modern road bike 2023 Felt VR60. I am not switching to another type of bike, road bikes is still the KING.
I recently sold one of my mountain bikes to upgrade the roadie. Got myself a 2025 TCR and love it. Road for me is about riding from home which can't be done on an mtb where I live, covering distance, riding with mates, and the speed.
Im riding a Merida Scultura 400 – iafter riding this for a few years, my cheap mountain bike feels so heavy and slow
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After an incident with an angry driver I stopped all my cycling efforts for about 9 months. That's when I got my gravel bike which I ordered before the incident happened and that got me back into cycling. I was able to stay away from the roads and explore my area a bit more than before. I've had a great time until my inner voice kept telling me that I'm missing out. I wanted to get back on the road bike. So I bought one and I never looked back. It's faster, more comfortable and is able to do literally everything my gravel bike could do but better. I love my BMC Roadmachine <3
Last weekend I honored the gravel bike by giving it its last ride through some woods along the coast with some really nice trails and I hated it. It still felt like my road bike could do the same but better. I gifted the bike to my brother. Two days later I did the same ride on my XC and that was a blast and a half. XC was faster than gravel, way more comfortable and I was able to control my heart rate better. That was at my parents' though. Now back home I only have my road bike which is all I need + a TT bike for Zwift
Every turn of the pedals counts, Road, Gravel, Mountain, Cross, Tandem, Trike, Track, Cruiser, etc. Ride to the level of your smile.
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My heart will always be with the gravel bike. Besides, no bike sports a handlebar bag better than gravel.
I love my little 2013 Trek Alexa SL. Bought it second hand in 2023, have made some upgrades and when I am not commuting on my KHS to work, I'm road cycling on my Trek.
Single speed road bike gives me the perfect balance of speed and simplicity.
Bah, humbug … mtb is more fun. Don't own a "road" bike. Own a bike I suppose would be classified as an adventure bike. Has drop bars yes but its not exactly light. I get dropped right away on mtb rides and road rides so road bikes definitely not more sociable.
Bikes I own:
-Carbon road bike to ride with the over-achievers
-Aluminum cyclocross bike to ride with the bros
-Fast folding bike (Tern Verge X11) to ride with the kids
-Brompton to ride on buses
-Home made ebike to save on gas
-80's chromoly bike to use on the trainer ๐
"The humble road bike". Right. With maybe the exception of a TT bike, I would say the road bike is the least "humble" bike.
All Hail the King! Love my road bike.
Hi Team, What is the highest gear does the road bike has.
I am a great fan of cycling.
Thanks
All my life I road everything but a road bike scared of the Lycra and clipless pedals. Thank god them days passed! Started road bikes at 50 years old
Fixed gear for city riding is goated
Road bike is king. With 32mm tires I can ride almost everywhere, especially uphill in the pyrenees!
Never interested in going along rough terrain, but I love riding a gravel bike competing with my friends. Just give them some advantages.
Love Marvin, my road bike, just wish I lived somewhere nicer to take full advantage. He's a bottom of the range Marin from about 12 years ago with a few new bits – not upgrades more sidegrades, but still feels fast to me.
road bikes are horrible for posture
Cause u r a queen
Thomas Ruth Miller Sarah Young Timothy
Why haven't we seen Manon for a while?
Started cycling during the pandemic and ended up waiting 18 months for a new gravel bike. In the meantime I found a 1999 Trek 5200 oclv road bicycle and refurbished it with 11 speed 105. I have had the heavy slow gravel bike now for two years and rarely ride it because I am drawn to the road bike first. For me the idea of gravel is better than the actual experience.
Btw: what happened to Mannon?
Horses for courses! Simple as that. Which leads to N+1โฆ