Trek 7500FX or 1000C? - Page 8

08-03-2004, 09:08 AM

Luigi de Guzman <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 15:19:22 +0930, Michael Warner <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
> wrote:
>
>>IMHO all of these are important motivational factors for sticking with
>>riding. I don't know what motivates mountain bikers - negotiating
>>difficult terrain, presumably.
>
> Chicks dig the freeriders.

laugh it up .. but there are a helluva lot more women riding mountain bikes
around here* than road bikes (even ajusted as a percentage for each group,
that still holds true. a higher percentage of mountain bikers are women
than road bikers).

not that i track such things, of course.

did i mention i just bought my first mountain bike?

* here is mountain bike crazy boise, idaho.
--
david reuteler
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08-03-2004, 11:05 AM

"Sherry Katz" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message news:<lwEPc.8800$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].com>...

> I've ridden thousands of miles on road bikes, but for most riding I find
> that I reach for a mountain bike with road slicks.

And I reach for a cyclocross frame with touring tires and drop bars
mounted at the same height as my saddle. Answers all of your
objections to road bikes used in urban settings, without the downside
of too-wide handlebars, too-heavy fork, and too-low gearing.

A touring bike works as well.

Nothing wrong with a MTB frame fitted out for road riding, especially
if you can get a rigid fork for it. But drop bars are still better, as
long as they're not mounted too low.

RichC

08-03-2004, 11:05 AM

"Sherry Katz" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message news:<lwEPc.8800$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].com>...

> I've ridden thousands of miles on road bikes, but for most riding I find
> that I reach for a mountain bike with road slicks.

And I reach for a cyclocross frame with touring tires and drop bars
mounted at the same height as my saddle. Answers all of your
objections to road bikes used in urban settings, without the downside
of too-wide handlebars, too-heavy fork, and too-low gearing.

A touring bike works as well.

Nothing wrong with a MTB frame fitted out for road riding, especially
if you can get a rigid fork for it. But drop bars are still better, as
long as they're not mounted too low.

RichC

08-03-2004, 11:05 AM

"Sherry Katz" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message news:<lwEPc.8800$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].com>...

> I've ridden thousands of miles on road bikes, but for most riding I find
> that I reach for a mountain bike with road slicks.

And I reach for a cyclocross frame with touring tires and drop bars
mounted at the same height as my saddle. Answers all of your
objections to road bikes used in urban settings, without the downside
of too-wide handlebars, too-heavy fork, and too-low gearing.

A touring bike works as well.

Nothing wrong with a MTB frame fitted out for road riding, especially
if you can get a rigid fork for it. But drop bars are still better, as
long as they're not mounted too low.

RichC

08-03-2004, 11:05 AM

"Sherry Katz" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message news:<lwEPc.8800$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].com>...

> I've ridden thousands of miles on road bikes, but for most riding I find
> that I reach for a mountain bike with road slicks.

And I reach for a cyclocross frame with touring tires and drop bars
mounted at the same height as my saddle. Answers all of your
objections to road bikes used in urban settings, without the downside
of too-wide handlebars, too-heavy fork, and too-low gearing.

A touring bike works as well.

Nothing wrong with a MTB frame fitted out for road riding, especially
if you can get a rigid fork for it. But drop bars are still better, as
long as they're not mounted too low.

RichC

08-03-2004, 11:05 AM

"Sherry Katz" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message news:<lwEPc.8800$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].com>...

> I've ridden thousands of miles on road bikes, but for most riding I find
> that I reach for a mountain bike with road slicks.

And I reach for a cyclocross frame with touring tires and drop bars
mounted at the same height as my saddle. Answers all of your
objections to road bikes used in urban settings, without the downside
of too-wide handlebars, too-heavy fork, and too-low gearing.

A touring bike works as well.

Nothing wrong with a MTB frame fitted out for road riding, especially
if you can get a rigid fork for it. But drop bars are still better, as
long as they're not mounted too low.

RichC