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Craig Brossman
Guest
So now that I went out and crossed over to the dark side and bought a road bike, you might assume
that I'll spend less time on the mountain bike. Certainly the road bike makes it easier for me to
get some miles on while the local trails are covered with snow and mud, I believe that it will be a
good training tool to boost my early season conditioning, and here in Colorado's SW, we have plenty
of roads that are pretty free of cars, especially during the day when I can occasionally cut out for
a couple of hours.
But it just occurred to me, I now have a commuter bike which will probably get very little use (as a
commuter), a great '93 Trek 970 steel monster which has been a good bike for many years. I could
sell it and perhaps get a couple of hundred, I could let it collect dust and bring it out when some
visitor needs a bike, or I could rebuild it into a single speed.
So my new road bike will allow me jump into another aspect of mountain biking, single speeding. And
of course have all fun building up the bike in the process.
See, new road bikes aren't so bad, you just have to look at it the right way.
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Craig Brossman, Durango Colorado
that I'll spend less time on the mountain bike. Certainly the road bike makes it easier for me to
get some miles on while the local trails are covered with snow and mud, I believe that it will be a
good training tool to boost my early season conditioning, and here in Colorado's SW, we have plenty
of roads that are pretty free of cars, especially during the day when I can occasionally cut out for
a couple of hours.
But it just occurred to me, I now have a commuter bike which will probably get very little use (as a
commuter), a great '93 Trek 970 steel monster which has been a good bike for many years. I could
sell it and perhaps get a couple of hundred, I could let it collect dust and bring it out when some
visitor needs a bike, or I could rebuild it into a single speed.
So my new road bike will allow me jump into another aspect of mountain biking, single speeding. And
of course have all fun building up the bike in the process.
See, new road bikes aren't so bad, you just have to look at it the right way.
--
Craig Brossman, Durango Colorado