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I decided to write about this, very irritable topic – what is better, road bike or MTB? After few years and riding on different bikes, I think road bike is much, much better. Remember, that it’s only my opinion and you can have completely different – everyone has their own point of view. I did not try to be objective, but I have some arguments to say that road bikes are better. Why? Just read rest of this post.
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This week, something amazing happened and I decided to share my impressions. I can hardly believe it, as if it did not really happen, but it happens. I go back in time to high school – running for one kilometer and I can not run half of this distance, I have enough and so much more I go than running. One day of this week Iwaited for good weather.. and waited… and waited. and finally I went running in small a little drizzle. And I kept running, without stopping for two hours, I ran a half marathon, that is twenty times as much as I could not in the school.
It’s autumn, winter is coming. As a result, I decided to change my 50/34T crankset to cyclocross 46/36T. This change does not seem too great, but it really makes a huge difference. I decided to describe a few of them, because perhaps for someone it may be very important. Primarily with road bike – in my opinion, it’s… better choice for amateurs than standard road cranksets. If the weather allowed, then I was riding on the asphalt with that CX crankset. So what do we gain by changing the road crank (standard 53/39, compact 50/34 or other variants) to cyclocross?
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On few previous entries I promised that I would share my impressions about cyclocross bike as a substitute for a mountain bike. The weather is terrible, today I decided to move my bike into a trainer, so it’s time to describe these impressions. For fast readers: cyclocross bicycle does not behave the same as a mountain bike and will not be able to replace it in any case. If you are looking for comfort or driving in very difficult terrain, you do not have to look for anything here. Okay, now we can go to some more specific description.
The real tough guys do not use mudguards in the bike, right? It’s not true. If we go for sport, of course they will be disturbed, but in many cases they are a rescue not only for us, cyclists but also for our equipment. Riding in the mud is not pleasant, just like spending time mainly cleaning the bike instead of actual riding. In the autumn, I decided to fight with bad weather and bought a mudguards set – Roadracer mk3 from Cud. The choice was not easy, because I use cyclocross bike, so assembly would not be the easiest, and the range of tires used was quite wide. After all, I think it was great solution.
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