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@Goldsword
In my opinion cycle sport has ruined the leasurely persuit of cycling. The reasons being sport has placed pressures on cycle manufacture which have totally ruined the bicycle. For example: Ultra thin tyres reduce rolling resistance and increase speed, but mean no end of punctures and terrible road holding in the rain and frost. Ultra light wheels and frames may make a bike go faster but also make it more fragile. Go back just a few decades and most bicycles were heavy but very durable and were built to last for years. Now you are luckly to find a bike that will last two or three years due to them being so light and flimsy and full of complicated easy to break parts. Give me an old fashioned workhorse bike anyday like this one:
