butafly Posted June 9, 2008 Share I think Rroad is dying a quick death. If you speak to cycle shops you'll see they sell something like 8 mountain bikes for each road bike. People are scared of the roads. I agree and with good reason. However I am not sure its a fair comparison' date=' mountain bikes have always been a sort of entry level bike, dont most cyclists start there and graduate onto either road or a higher end mountain bike?? I havent bought a bike for a while, but it used to be the norm. Never the less, the roads are becoming more of an issue than ever, although I guess you can fall just as hard on the gravel as the tar, it dos eliminate the traffic issue. [/quote'] and track is dead - now figure that out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed Posted June 9, 2008 Share I think Rroad is dying a quick death. If you speak to cycle shops you'll see they sell something like 8 mountain bikes for each road bike. People are scared of the roads.the lbs i work at currently has about 5 road bikes on stock. the only top-end sales we make here are through insurance claims. and these are not theft replacements. they are usually accident replacements. Although cyclists are only being mowed down at a rate of one a week' date=' they get far more publicity than a motorist getting killed. Not only from newspapers (I think it is only Beeld that still reports on cycling deaths, but I may be wrong), but also from chit-chat at clubs and forums such as this[/quote'] it is sad, but even the wire advisories of cyclist deaths are becoming fewer and fewer. after a while it no longer becomes newsworthy, i guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Daemon_ Posted June 9, 2008 Share I think Rroad is dying a quick death. If you speak to cycle shops you'll see they sell something like 8 mountain bikes for each road bike. People are scared of the roads. I agree and with good reason. However I am not sure its a fair comparison' date=' mountain bikes have always been a sort of entry level bike, dont most cyclists start there and graduate onto either road or a higher end mountain bike?? I havent bought a bike for a while, but it used to be the norm. Never the less, the roads are becoming more of an issue than ever, although I guess you can fall just as hard on the gravel as the tar, it dos eliminate the traffic issue. [/quote'] People also generally tend to keep their roadbikes longer, say buy a roadbike every 5 years compared to every 2nd year for a mtb, purely based on a the abuse a mtb takes. Hence the sale stats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted June 9, 2008 Share Hi Mux Ur gonna cop some flak for the pic. It's been re-heated a couple of times now with some ill-tempered reaction. Best to put on the one with the guy sleeping with his bike in the tent and the girlfriend outside. U riding on Saturday? How about SBR? Its Benoni on Monday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water bottle Posted June 10, 2008 Share Hi Mux Ur gonna cop some flak for the pic. It's been re-heated a couple of times now with some ill-tempered reaction. Best to put on the one with the guy sleeping with his bike in the tent and the girlfriend outside. U riding on Saturday? How about SBR? Its Benoni on Monday I will find out what time it starts. Got to register at the start, and is untimed - charity race 103 km's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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