Chris Zacho The Wheelman said:Since when has the term "road bike" come to be reserved _exclusively_
for racing machines? My tourer is a road bike, I would never take it on
a trail.Most recumbents are also made for road use, why aren't they called road
bikes?The sport bike isn't an ATB either, it's also made exclusively for the
road. Shouldn't the term include them too?Same goes for "comfort" bikes and commuter (or "city"😉 bikes. Why do
they get left out?Why can't they just call a racing bike a racing bike? Isn't it bad
enough that they selfishly get all the top of the line quality
componentry and equipment while the rest of us get treated like second
class citizens by the industry? Do they have to dominate the
nomenclature as well?
I believe it's because most aren't ever used for racing, plus the term
"racing bike" has unfortunate 70s connotations, as Sheldon alludes to.
I still call mine a racing bike though, being I'm a child of the 70s (I
used to ride a Raleigh Chopper. but that's another story...)