On Dec 17, 2013, at 7:48 pm, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > Very brave. Even in dry conditions a road bike with those thin tyres can > easily slip when cornering. Potholes are a danger too. Here, most > recreational cyclists now ride mountain bikes which don't slide so easily & > can better handle "imperfections" in the road suface. Unfortunately, I'm > stuck with my road bike (which has little re-sale value) & decent mountain > bikes are rather pricey.
Interesting, the only times I've ever lost grip on the road were in icy conditions, plus once when I locked a rear wheel under braking. Are your roads a bit greasy or dusty? We have lots of potholes here and more seem to appear every time it rains. Most are small but I've developed a bit of a mental map of the ones on my regular riding route. It's necessary to know the roads for when I ride my TT bike where my weight is much further forward, the brakes are out of reach and it's really not advisable to make sudden moves. I thought about selling my mountain bike a few months back. It's a nice model and in excellent condition but is damn near worthless on the secondhand market, so I've kept it. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
