The BBC explains road bikes

I quote, verbatim, from
URL:http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/special_events/cycling/newsid_3039000/3039786.stm
or
URL:http://qurl.com/e4p1mm:

"Road bikes

These are the kind of bikes used in the Tour de France.

Also known as racing bikes they are designed to go as fast as
possible over a flat tarmac road.

Everything is kept to a minimum to cut down on weight and reduce air
resistance.

This is called improving the aerodynamics.

Road bikes have quite a lot of gears..."

It goes on to say:

"The bottom and the rest of the low gears are for climbing hills.

The top and the other high gears are for descents..."

But the best bit is:

"A basic road bike starts from around £150 but if you want to use it
to race you'll need to splash out at least double that."

Well, you don't say.

--
(Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

;; For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth
;; knowledge increaseth sorrow.." - Ecclesiastes 1:18

Jon Senior wrote:

Simon Brooke wrote:

But the best bit is:

"A basic road bike starts from around £150 but if you want to use it
to race you'll need to splash out at least double that."

Well, you don't say.


Anyone want to tell Lance he's been paying over the odds for his for years?

I was thinking the other way;

"'Ere, Lance, give yer 'uunert and fifty squids for bike o' yours"

Tosspot popped their head over the parapet saw what was going on and
said

Jon Senior wrote:

Simon Brooke wrote:

But the best bit is:

"A basic road bike starts from around £150 but if you want to
use it to race you'll need to splash out at least double
that."

Well, you don't say.


Anyone want to tell Lance he's been paying over the odds for his
for years?

I was thinking the other way;

"'Ere, Lance, give yer 'uunert and fifty squids for bike o' yours"

I will go for the splash out bit and give him the three hundred.
Do you think he will sell?

--
yours S

Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione

Simon Brooke wrote:
But the best bit is:

"A basic road bike starts from around £150 but if you want to use it
to race you'll need to splash out at least double that."

Well, you don't say.

Anyone want to tell Lance he's been paying over the odds for his for years?

Jon

"Simon Brooke" wrote in message
...
I quote, verbatim, from

URL:http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/h...ycling/newsid_
3039000/3039786.stm
or
...
It goes on to say:

"The bottom and the rest of the low gears are for climbing hills.

The top and the other high gears are for descents..."

But the best bit is:

"A basic road bike starts from around £150 but if you want to use it
to race you'll need to splash out at least double that."

Well, you don't say.

--
(Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

;; For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth
;; knowledge increaseth sorrow.." - Ecclesiastes 1:18

:-) excellent...

Actually, I find this sort of stuff worrying - 'cause when I read about
stuff I really do not know anything about I'm always worried that it's like
the above - and I'm getting a really wrong picture...

On the other hand - bbc website is generally pretty good methinks!

Graham

"Simon Brooke" wrote in message
...
I quote, verbatim,

Also known as racing bikes they are designed to go as fast as
possible over a flat tarmac road.

"The bottom and the rest of the low gears are for climbing hills.

The top and the other high gears are for descents..."

Err, make up your mind BBC.

Pete

"Graham Dean" wrote in message
...

Actually, I find this sort of stuff worrying - 'cause when I read about
stuff I really do not know anything about I'm always worried that it's
like
the above - and I'm getting a really wrong picture...

I know what you mean. I've seen so many errors in newspapers regarding
things I know about, how can I believe what they say about things I know
nothing of?

Pete

Your point being. . .

It's a basic site to give basic info for people who look for info on the Net
because they don't have the wotsit to umm, oh you know. . .



Anyone looking on the BBC site for info about bikes will have reached that
particular page through an option page that gives an intro to three types of
bikes ('road', Mountain and BMX). Look at the three pages and compare the
info on each.

Simon Brooke wrote:


But the best bit is:

"A basic road bike starts from around =A3150 but if you want to use
it
to race you'll need to splash out at least double that."

for a pair of tri-bars!

The blurb on the price tage for the bottom of the range road bike in
H*****ds is worth looking at for a chuckle as well.

"Simon Brooke" wrote in message
...
I quote, verbatim, from

URL:http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/h...ycling/newsid_
3039000/3039786.stm

I think this is the best bit:
By coincidence, the same features suit city riders who need to bump up and
down kerbs and ride over potholes.

Why do they need to bump up and down kerbs? Use the wheelchair ramps ;-)

Pete