In perhaps my favorite Global Cycling Network video yet, the boys take four distinctly different bikes and ways of getting from Bristol to their HQ in Bath, 20 km away.
Tom Last is astride a Specialized cyclocross bike with a single 40T chainring and cantilever brakes, riding and running through the paths and trails less taken.
Matt Stephens is on a Trek endurance road bike, slightly more upright and fitted with full-length fenders (or mudguards, as the Brits call them), gliding through quieter streets and bike paths.
(I just have to say though…wow, Shimano Dura-Ace drivetrain parts on a commuter bike?!)
Simon Richardson has a swoopy Canyon Aeroad road race bike under him as he knifes through traffic on the A4, a busy British main road.
Finally, Dan Lloyd has a 20″ Ridgeback Envoy folding bike, seemingly a rebadged Dahon Evasion model, which he takes on a bimodal commute.
Personally, I combine all four of their approaches. I ride a mud-capable cyclocross bike, fitted with full-length fenders, but I have no problem keeping an 18-20 km/h average speed on the open road clad in jeans and a shirt.
How do you ride?
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