Road vs Mountain Bikes
This cluster discusses comparisons between road bikes, mountain bikes, touring bikes, and others, focusing on performance factors like weight, tire width, acceleration, efficiency, and suitability for roads versus trails.
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I'm in the mountain / touring category. My tires are more than 2.1" wide. Anyway, acceleration was faster and they kept on rolling when I stopped pedaling (because a traffic light was coming next).
Weren't those new bikes heavier?My own road bike is nothing particularly fancy, but it's very light. Just because those bikes may be made to take more of a beating than a road-bike, they may be heavier. I'm thinking in particular tougher wheels and front work, possibly the whole frame.
Not every bike needs to bomb downhill at 40mph
I'm not here to advocate for expensive equipment but my cross country hardtail MTB (even with the wide tires on the roads, non-carbon) feels like half the effort to pedal than my old crummy commuter trekking bike with narrower tires, so I guess your 600€ bike might already have one of the biggest optimizations packed in ;)
This might be a situation that calls for fat tires on a mountain bike rather than skinny tires on a road bike.
Those bikes are heavy and under-powered. They're not worth using exclusively.
What's the reasoning on riding a mountain bike in your point number 4?
Is there a reason this technology is not used on bikes which weigh a lot less?
A wheel like this on a road bike is going to cause hell with my Strava rankings :-(
Bikes produce far less tire and brake wear due to weight etc.