The summer urge to buy a road bike

[PaulB]

I thought the opening line of your opener was going to be....'should not be resisted.'

 

[Piemaster]

Beanz, you're asking the question to justify to yourself buying one and want the collective permission of the CC'ers to do it.

Think from reading the above posts PERMISSION GRANTED!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I might buy another 'nice' bike soon
The nice weather certainly makes opening the wallet a little easier.

Flippin' 'eck Ian, you're bike buying crazy!

You gonna get rid of that weird lying down bike thing?

Edit: Stand down, just seen the date!!!

 

[TwoPosts]

I know I would use it in the good weather months, but I think it would sit gathering dust in the dark, cold, wet (i.e. wetter) months while my hybrid kept on rolling year round.

Pretty much how I use my road bike, but I will say this, getting a road bike increased my love of cycling even more, by upping the distances and cadence my fitness moved to another level and I started to enjoy the hybrid more. Just today I went out on a short 23 mile road and byway/bridleway route and averaged about 13.5 mph, before the road bike it was around 11.5 /12 mph and I rarely went more than 15 miles

I found that I don't race the road bike (a 2010/11 Boardman Team Carbon) and I haven't done any club runs, so it may just have been a tad over the top, don't get me wrong, I absolutely love riding it but think I could have got away with something cheaper, in aluminium and carbon, but no way, no how, do I regret owning a road bike.

However I now realise that I can probably live with slightly less top end speed but still want a go anywhere bike that is easier to ride than my clunky suspension hybrid, so the next n+1 is probably going to be something like the spec of the current Boardman CX, kitted out in light tourer mode (full mud guards and a rack)

If there are no real financial / family constraints I can only say great things about road riding and I am sure you will not regret owning a road bike, even if you choose only to ride it in good weather.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Do it!The first time that i sat on a decent road bike was something to behold! ...and don't molycoddle the thing if you buy one,get good use out of it, the seasons are more or less blending into one!

 

[beanzontoast]

the seasons are more or less blending into one!

I've been thinking that for some time. I reckon August is the start of Autumn and February the beginning of Spring nowadays. Maybe the bike would see more Autumn and dry-sunny-day Winter use that I was imagining?