put lance armstrong on a rusty chained garage sale special and he will beat everyone except maybe the worlds most elite riders regardless of how expensive a bike you put the remander of the athletic world, even the really strong dudes you may see on the hills of san diego — for the title of armstrong’s book is, after all, ‘ITS NOT ABOUT THE BIKE”. but he’s a freak, he’s not like you and me, and it’s not about hard work, some peoplea re just physiologically different…
even lance armstrong’s carbon bike broke a chainstay durign the tour de france. i will make this prediction; by 2019, there will be ZERO carbon bikes for sale on the market. they will ahve been sued out of existence … or people will have realized theyre dumb. the main thing about bike longevity is not really to ahve the biek forever; if you’re a bike fan, you’ll probably trade it in or just keep it around — the main thing is to avoid sudden failure because you could get hurt! good strong bicycle forks are very important because if they break suddenly it’s bad. so, STEEL. there ar emodern fancy lightweight steels if youw ant a feathery bike by the way. i lvoe steel bicycles so much. i truly hate carbon plastic bikes. you really dont need to buya new bike. for sheer massive durabiluty a 1980’s all steel heavy duty mountain bike witha big steel fork will last into the nexxt century and provide youw ith decades of bicycling pleasure. available now at a garage sale near you for 35 bucks. or less if youc na negotiate or it’s late in the day
