Why Do You Ride Mountain A Bike On Streets?

James Lynx said:

I'm curious about something. I have been reading this
forum on Mountain Bikes and notice that a lot of you
either have two mountain bikes, one for mountain biking,
and one with street/road tires for riding on the street,
or you have one bike and you have two sets of tires/rims,
one with knobs for the mountain biking and one with
street tires.

Curious why you choose to ride a mountain bike on the
streets instead of a road bike. I am getting back into
riding bikes after a 20 year break from it. I'm 36 and
used to ride a BMX Team Mongoose which I still have but am
too big for it now. I never liked your traditional 10
speed bike, or as they call them now street bikes. I was
even considering fixing up my Mongoose and riding it again
on the streets but realized that I'm too big for that
bike. I could do it but it wouldn't be a pretty site. So
the next logical step would be to get another bike. Okay
which one? I don't care for road bikes. They are cool for
some people but for me not my cup of tea so to speak. Okay
so what do I get a cruiser or a mountain bike? The cruiser
I tried was very nice. Very comfortable bike but I think I
wanted something more durable and also the option to jump
off curbs and occassionally ride on dirt. So I go for a
mountain bike. Not a high end mountain bike BUT a pretty
good Fuji Discovery II. I think it's a good bike. So far
so good. I still kinda want to get a cruiser bike but for
now the mountain suits my needs. I changed the tires to
street/road tires because the tires with knobs create too
much resistance in my riding and it gets hard to ride
especially in hilly areas where I
live. Maybe one day I'll get a cruiser and ride that on
the street, put mountain bike tires back on the
Fuji and go off roading.

So why do you ride a mountain bike on the road instead of
riding a road bike or even a cruiser?

Did I miss something or didn't you answer your own
question? If you don't like road bikes, don't want a
cruiser, feel too old to be riding a BMX and do want
something a little more robust to jump off kerbs, a
mountainbike is a logical choice.
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Westie said:

James Lynx said:

I'm curious about something. I have been reading this
forum on Mountain Bikes and notice that a lot of you
either have two mountain bikes, one for mountain biking,
and one with street/road tires for riding on the street,
or you have one bike and you have two sets of tires/rims,
one with knobs for the mountain biking and one with
street tires.

Curious why you choose to ride a mountain bike on the
streets instead of a road bike. I am getting back into
riding bikes after a 20 year break from it. I'm 36 and
used to ride a BMX Team Mongoose which I still have but
am too big for it now. I never liked your traditional 10
speed bike, or as they call them now street bikes. I was
even considering fixing up my Mongoose and riding it
again on the streets but realized that I'm too big for
that bike. I could do it but it wouldn't be a pretty
site. So the next logical step would be to get another
bike. Okay which one? I don't care for road bikes. They
are cool for some people but for me not my cup of tea so
to speak. Okay so what do I get a cruiser or a mountain
bike? The cruiser I tried was very nice. Very comfortable
bike but I think I wanted something more durable and also
the option to jump off curbs and occassionally ride on
dirt. So I go for a mountain bike. Not a high end
mountain bike BUT a pretty good Fuji Discovery II. I
think it's a good bike. So far so good. I still kinda
want to get a cruiser bike but for now the mountain suits
my needs. I changed the tires to street/road tires
because the tires with knobs create too much resistance
in my riding and it gets hard to ride especially in hilly
areas where I live. Maybe one day I'll get a cruiser and
ride that on the street, put mountain bike tires back on
the Fuji and go off roading.

So why do you ride a mountain bike on the road instead of
riding a road bike or even a cruiser?

Did I miss something or didn't you answer your own
question? If you don't like road bikes, don't want a
cruiser, feel too old to be riding a BMX and do want
something a little more robust to jump off kerbs, a
mountainbike is a logical choice.

That, and it's a lot cheaper to have two sets of
wheels/tires than it is to have two nice bikes (generally
speaking).

Bill "two mtbs and one road for the record" S.

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Quoted message said:

So why do you ride a mountain bike on the road instead of
riding a road bike or even a cruiser?

When I ride on the road - either getting to/from someplace
else or for the occasional road ride I ride all the way
over on the shoulder which, on many of the third-world
roads of Southeastern Pennsylvania, is roughly equivalent
to off-road riding. Also, the shoulder comes and
goes....raising a choice between riding on dirt,grass and
chancing somebody coming around a blind corner in their new
Ford Excursion with the mirrors fully extended and talking
the cell phone while doing 45-50 in a 25 zone..... or
somebody overcorrecting as they meet a UPS van coming the
other way...
--
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On 2004-05-30, James Lynx penned:

Quoted message said:

So why do you ride a mountain bike on the road instead of
riding a road bike or even a cruiser?

1. Not everyone has the money for two bikes.

2. You can take a mountain bike anywhere a road bike can go;
it will be slower, but you can do it. You can *not* take
a road bike anywhere a mountain bike can go.

--
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PBS Frontline

[email hidden] (James Lynx) wrote

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Okay so what do I get a cruiser or a mountain bike?

Neither:

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On 29 May 2004 22:45:48 -0700, [email hidden] (James Lynx) wrote:

.I'm curious about something. I have been reading this forum
on .Mountain Bikes and notice that a lot of you either have
two mountain .bikes, one for mountain biking, and one with
street/road tires for .riding on the street, or you have one
bike and you have two sets of .tires/rims, one with knobs
for the mountain biking and one with street .tires. .
.Curious why you choose to ride a mountain bike on the
streets instead .of a road bike. I am getting back into
riding bikes after a 20 year .break from it. I'm 36 and used
to ride a BMX Team Mongoose which I .still have but am too
big for it now. I never liked your traditional .10 speed
bike, or as they call them now street bikes. I was even
.considering fixing up my Mongoose and riding it again on
the streets .but realized that I'm too big for that bike. I
could do it but it .wouldn't be a pretty site. So the next
logical step would be to get .another bike. Okay which one?
I don't care for road bikes. They are .cool for some people
but for me not my cup of tea so to speak. Okay .so what do I
get a cruiser or a mountain bike? The cruiser I tried .was
very nice. Very comfortable bike but I think I wanted
something .more durable and also the option to jump off
curbs and occassionally .ride on dirt. So I go for a
mountain bike. Not a high end mountain .bike BUT a pretty
good Fuji Discovery II. I think it's a good bike. .So far so
good. I still kinda want to get a cruiser bike but for now
.the mountain suits my needs. I changed the tires to
street/road .tires because the tires with knobs create too
much resistance in my .riding and it gets hard to ride
especially in hilly areas where I .live. Maybe one day I'll
get a cruiser and ride that on the street, .put mountain
bike tires back on the Fuji and go off roading. . .So why do
you ride a mountain bike on the road instead of riding a
.road bike or even a cruiser?

Stupidity. There's no reason to ride a bike with such
high rolling resistance, unless you just love wasting
money on tires.

.Thank You, . . .James

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On Sun, 30 May 2004 18:28:55 +1200, "Westie" <[email hidden]>
wrote:

.James Lynx wrote: .> I'm curious about something. I have
been reading this forum on .> Mountain Bikes and notice that
a lot of you either have two mountain .> bikes, one for
mountain biking, and one with street/road tires for .>
riding on the street, or you have one bike and you have two
sets of .> tires/rims, one with knobs for the mountain
biking and one with street .> tires. .> .> Curious why you
choose to ride a mountain bike on the streets instead .> of
a road bike. I am getting back into riding bikes after a 20
year .> break from it. I'm 36 and used to ride a BMX Team
Mongoose which I .> still have but am too big for it now. I
never liked your traditional .> 10 speed bike, or as they
call them now street bikes. I was even .> considering fixing
up my Mongoose and riding it again on the streets .> but
realized that I'm too big for that bike. I could do it but
it .> wouldn't be a pretty site. So the next logical step
would be to get .> another bike. Okay which one? I don't
care for road bikes. They are .> cool for some people but
for me not my cup of tea so to speak. Okay .> so what do I
get a cruiser or a mountain bike? The cruiser I tried .> was
very nice. Very comfortable bike but I think I wanted
something .> more durable and also the option to jump off
curbs and occassionally .> ride on dirt. So I go for a
mountain bike. Not a high end mountain .> bike BUT a pretty
good Fuji Discovery II. I think it's a good bike. .> So far
so good. I still kinda want to get a cruiser bike but for
now .> the mountain suits my needs. I changed the tires to
street/road .> tires because the tires with knobs create too
much resistance in my .> riding and it gets hard to ride
especially in hilly areas where I .> live. Maybe one day
I'll get a cruiser and ride that on the street, .> put
mountain bike tires back on the Fuji and go off roading. .>
.> So why do you ride a mountain bike on the road instead of
riding a .> road bike or even a cruiser? . .Did I miss
something or didn't you answer your own question? .If you
don't like road bikes, don't want a cruiser, feel too old to
be .riding a BMX and do want something a little more robust
to jump off kerbs, a .mountainbike is a logical choice.

What's the big attraction of "jump off kerbs", other than
trying to wreck your bike?
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On Sun, 30 May 2004 07:58:16 -0600, "Monique Y. Mudama" <[email hidden]>
wrote:

.On 2004-05-30, James Lynx penned: .> .> So why do you ride
a mountain bike on the road instead of riding a .> road bike
or even a cruiser? . .1. Not everyone has the money for two
bikes. . .2. You can take a mountain bike anywhere a road
bike can go; it will be .slower, but you can do it. You can
*not* take a road bike anywhere a .mountain bike can go.

So why not just stay on the road? DUH!
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A MTB works better in sand,rain, snowand even high winds on
roads. Lets not forget it can take objects on the road 700c
X 23 tires.

I MTB 2004

"Mike Vandeman" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

Stupidity. There's no reason to ride a bike with such
high rolling

resistance,

Quoted message said:

unless you just love wasting money on tires.

hehehe..you just love showing how wrong you can be,
don't you.
Q. What on a mountain bike inherently might cause "high
rolling resistance"?
R. Nothing. Its a bicycle. Same basic components as any
other bike.

The only difference, it seems, might be choice of tires.
There is nothing restricting a MTB to knobbies. 26" slicks
are widely available and cheap. If you ask when you buy it,
the shop will often swap the knobbies for slicks, for free.

And in fact, wider tires (of the same construction and
pressure), often offer *less* rolling resistance than
skinnier tires.
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Pete What do YOU ride, Mikey? Still riding that 3-speed
cruiser? Care to compare the aerodynamics between a sit-up-and-
beg cruiser with a MTB?

James Lynx wrote:
| I'm curious about something. I have been reading this
| forum on Mountain Bikes and notice that a lot of you
| either have two mountain bikes, one for mountain biking,
| and one with street/road tires for riding on the street,
| or you have one bike and you have two sets of tires/rims,
| one with knobs for the mountain biking and one with
| street tires.
|
| Curious why you choose to ride a mountain bike on the
| streets instead of a road bike.

<snip>

I do have a road bike. I also have several "mountain bikes"
with road tires and higher gear selections. It's a 'right
tool for the job' sort of thing. If I want to head out and
deliberately do a 25+ mile fast ride without a specific
destination I'll grab my Cadex. If I plan on stopping
several times or have a particular place I'm going or
something I'm out to find, my "cargo" bikes are far mor
practical.

On top of that, I'm a tinkerer. I'll get some idea I want to
try and that usually translates over my 8 bikes.

One bike is just a beater (91 Bridgestone MB-5) I keep at
the store to run errands on. Slowly but surely it'll evolve
into something neat like my old Schwinn High Sierra.

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Mike Vandeman wrote:
| On Sun, 30 May 2004 18:28:55 +1200, "Westie"
| <[email hidden]> wrote:
|
| .James Lynx wrote: .> I'm curious about something. I have
| been reading this forum on .> Mountain Bikes and notice
| that a lot of you either have two mountain .> bikes, one
| for mountain biking, and one with street/road tires for .>
| riding on the street, or you have one bike and you have
| two sets of .> tires/rims, one with knobs for the mountain
| biking and one with street .> tires. .> .> Curious why you
| choose to ride a mountain bike on the streets instead .>
| of a road bike. I am getting back into riding bikes after
| a 20 year .> break from it. I'm 36 and used to ride a BMX
| Team Mongoose which I .> still have but am too big for it
| now. I never liked your traditional .> 10 speed bike, or
| as they call them now street bikes. I was even .>
| considering fixing up my Mongoose and riding it again on
| the streets .> but realized that I'm too big for that
| bike. I could do it but it .> wouldn't be a pretty site.
| So the next logical step would be to get .> another bike.
| Okay which one? I don't care for road bikes. They are .>
| cool for some people but for me not my cup of tea so to
| speak. Okay .> so what do I get a cruiser or a mountain
| bike? The cruiser I tried .> was very nice. Very
| comfortable bike but I think I wanted something .> more
| durable and also the option to jump off curbs and
| occassionally .> ride on dirt. So I go for a mountain
| bike. Not a high end mountain .> bike BUT a pretty good
| Fuji Discovery II. I think it's a good bike. .> So far so
| good. I still kinda want to get a cruiser bike but for now
| .> the mountain suits my needs. I changed the tires to
| street/road .> tires because the tires with knobs create
| too much resistance in my .> riding and it gets hard to
| ride especially in hilly areas where I .> live. Maybe one
| day I'll get a cruiser and ride that on the street, .> put
| mountain bike tires back on the Fuji and go off roading.
| .> .> So why do you ride a mountain bike on the road
| instead of riding a .> road bike or even a cruiser? . .Did
| I miss something or didn't you answer your own question?
| .If you don't like road bikes, don't want a cruiser, feel
| too old to be .riding a BMX and do want something a little
| more robust to jump off kerbs, a .mountainbike is a
| logical choice.
|
| What's the big attraction of "jump off kerbs", other than
| trying to wreck your bike?

Just more proof you don't get it Mikey.

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James Lynx said:

So why do you ride a mountain bike on the road instead of
riding a road bike or even a cruiser?

A lot of us bought a low- or mid-range bike first, then
upgraded a couple of year later. That other bike makes a
good road-beater.

Also, a lot of us don't hold a lot of confidence in the
durability of those skinny-wheeled road bikes, particularly
in suburban/urban situations where there may be curbs to
cross, as well as potholes, grates, etc.

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BB wrote:
| On 29 May 2004 22:45:48 -0700, James Lynx wrote:
|
|| So why do you ride a mountain bike on the road instead of
|| riding a road bike or even a cruiser?
|
| A lot of us bought a low- or mid-range bike first, then
| upgraded a couple of year later. That other bike makes a
| good road-beater.
|
| Also, a lot of us don't hold a lot of confidence in the
| durability of those skinny-wheeled road bikes,
| particularly in suburban/urban situations where there may
| be curbs to cross, as well as potholes, grates, etc.

The mountain bike's main popularity was its practicality. It
took over from the Road Bike (then known as the "10-speed"😉
because it was more comfortable and easier to use. Only a
very small fraction used them as full "off-road" machines.

Today there are several more bicycle types intended for
folks who just need 'a plain old bike.' Comfort bikes (look
like mountain bikes but have a more upright position) are my
best sellers.

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So why do you ride a mountain bike on the road instead of
riding a road bike or even a cruiser?

I wonder myself. Get a cyclocross bike as its truly the best
of bost worlds.

On Sun, 30 May 2004 17:05:52 GMT, "Pete" <[email hidden]> wrote:

. ."Mike Vandeman" <[email hidden]> wrote .> .>
Stupidity. There's no reason to ride a bike with such high
rolling .resistance, .> unless you just love wasting money
on tires. .> . .hehehe..you just love showing how wrong you
can be, don't you. .Q. What on a mountain bike inherently
might cause "high rolling resistance"? .A. Nothing. Its a
bicycle. Same basic components as any other bike.

The tires, dumdum. It is also overbuilt and inefficient for
street riding.

.The only difference, it seems, might be choice of tires.
There is nothing .restricting a MTB to knobbies. 26" slicks
are widely available and cheap. If .you ask when you buy it,
the shop will often swap the knobbies for slicks, .for free.
. .And in fact, wider tires (of the same construction and
pressure), often .offer *less* rolling resistance than
skinnier tires.
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BS.

.Pete .What do YOU ride, Mikey? Still riding that 3-speed
cruiser? Care to compare .the aerodynamics between a sit-up-and-
beg cruiser with a MTB?

Who cares? I like to enjoy biking, not torture myself
and others.
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On Sun, 30 May 2004 14:14:48 -0400, "The Nelson Paradigm"
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.BB wrote: .| On 29 May 2004 22:45:48 -0700, James Lynx
wrote: .| .|| So why do you ride a mountain bike on the road
instead of riding a .|| road bike or even a cruiser? .| .| A
lot of us bought a low- or mid-range bike first, then
upgraded a .| couple of year later. That other bike makes a
good road-beater. .| .| Also, a lot of us don't hold a lot
of confidence in the durability of .| those skinny-wheeled
road bikes, particularly in suburban/urban .| situations
where there may be curbs to cross, as well as potholes, .|
grates, etc. . .The mountain bike's main popularity was its
practicality. It took over from .the Road Bike (then known
as the "10-speed"😉 because it was more comfortable .and
easier to use.

You've got to be kidding. MTBs have greater rolling
resistance and not a comfortable riding position.

Only a very small fraction used them as full "off-road"
.machines. . .Today there are several more bicycle types
intended for folks who just need .'a plain old bike.'
Comfort bikes (look like mountain bikes but have a more
.upright position) are my best sellers. . . .---
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On Sun, 30 May 2004 13:59:08 -0400, "The Nelson Paradigm"
<[email hidden]> wrote:

.Mike Vandeman wrote: .| On Sun, 30 May 2004 18:28:55 +1200,
"Westie" .| <[email hidden]> wrote: .| .|
.James Lynx wrote: .| .> I'm curious about something. I have
been reading this forum on .| .> Mountain Bikes and notice
that a lot of you either have two .| mountain .> bikes, one
for mountain biking, and one with street/road .| tires for
.> riding on the street, or you have one bike and you have
.| two sets of .> tires/rims, one with knobs for the
mountain biking and .| one with street .> tires. .| .> .| .>
Curious why you choose to ride a mountain bike on the
streets .| instead .> of a road bike. I am getting back into
riding bikes .| after a 20 year .> break from it. I'm 36 and
used to ride a BMX Team .| Mongoose which I .> still have
but am too big for it now. I never .| liked your traditional
.> 10 speed bike, or as they call them now .| street bikes.
I was even .> considering fixing up my Mongoose and .|
riding it again on the streets .> but realized that I'm too
big for .| that bike. I could do it but it .> wouldn't be a
pretty site. So the .| next logical step would be to get .>
another bike. Okay which one? .| I don't care for road
bikes. They are .> cool for some people but .| for me not my
cup of tea so to speak. Okay .> so what do I get a .|
cruiser or a mountain bike? The cruiser I tried .> was very
nice. .| Very comfortable bike but I think I wanted
something .> more durable .| and also the option to jump off
curbs and occassionally .> ride on .| dirt. So I go for a
mountain bike. Not a high end mountain .> bike .| BUT a
pretty good Fuji Discovery II. I think it's a good bike. .>
So .| far so good. I still kinda want to get a cruiser bike
but for now .> .| the mountain suits my needs. I changed the
tires to street/road .> .| tires because the tires with
knobs create too much resistance in my .| .> riding and it
gets hard to ride especially in hilly areas where I .| .>
live. Maybe one day I'll get a cruiser and ride that on the
.| street, .> put mountain bike tires back on the Fuji and
go off .| roading. .> .> So why do you ride a mountain bike
on the road instead .| of riding a .> road bike or even a
cruiser? .| . .| .Did I miss something or didn't you answer
your own question? .| .If you don't like road bikes, don't
want a cruiser, feel too old to .| be .riding a BMX and do
want something a little more robust to jump .| off kerbs, a
.mountainbike is a logical choice. .| .| What's the big
attraction of "jump off kerbs", other than trying to .|
wreck your bike? . .Just more proof you don't get it Mikey.

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On Sun, 30 May 2004 17:05:52 GMT, "Pete"
<[email hidden]> wrote:

. .hehehe..you just love showing how wrong you can be,
don't you. .Q. What on a mountain bike inherently might
cause "high rolling

resistance"?

Quoted message said:

.A. Nothing. Its a bicycle. Same basic components as any
other bike.

The tires, dumdum.

Addressed below.

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It is also overbuilt and inefficient for street riding.

How so, Mikey? Please feel free to provide detail. Perhaps
you're thinking of the specialized engineless motorcycles
known as 'DH' bikes. The vast majority of mountain bikes are
not like that. As you well know.

Quoted message said:

.The only difference, it seems, might be choice of tires.
There is nothing .restricting a MTB to knobbies. 26"
slicks are widely available and cheap.

If

Quoted message said:

.you ask when you buy it, the shop will often swap the
knobbies for

slicks,

Quoted message said:

.for free. . .And in fact, wider tires (of the same
construction and pressure), often .offer *less* rolling
resistance than skinnier tires.
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BS.

Come now, Mikey. You dispute scientific studies comparing
different street tires? Done with no thought of mountain
biking? Do you have any different data? I'd like to see it.
("It's obvious" is not data)

How come there are no fat tire racing bikes? Aerodynamics
and weight. trump the rolling resistance difference. Oh, and
construction.

Quoted message said:

.What do YOU ride, Mikey? Still riding that 3-speed
cruiser? Care to

compare

Quoted message said:

.the aerodynamics between a sit-up-and-beg cruiser
with a MTB?

Who cares? I like to enjoy biking, not torture myself
and others.

It DOES make a difference, Mikey. Denigrate the efficiency
of one style of bike, when you yourself ride something
worse? Knowing what you ride helps provide a frame of
reference for your opinions.

Pete