Are mountain bikes or road bikes better for burning calories?

April 20, 2011 by pbik
Filed under Mountain bikes

e.g. If I ride 10 mph for 10 miles on a mountain bike vs. 10 mph for 10 miles on a road bike.

Tags: better, Bikes, burning, calories, Mountain, Road

What’s the difference between a road bike and a mountain bikes rear gears?

April 11, 2011 by pbik
Filed under Mountain bikes

I know if I swap out tires on my mtn. bike, I can gain some speed, but what about gears? I don’t know if there’s any appreciable difference.

Tags: Between, Bike, Bikes, Difference, Gears, Mountain, Rear, Road, What's

Are road bikes significantly faster than mountain bikes?

March 26, 2011 by pbik
Filed under Mountain bikes

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are they fatser by a lot or just by a bit?
cuz im thinking of getting a good road bike i bike a bit and i have a mountain bike
im 13 are road bikes uncomfortable? if so will i get used to it?
Also will you have more, less or same endurance on road bikes than mountain [...]

Tags: Bikes, Faster, Mountain, Road, significantly, Than

HTC-High Road MSR Recon

March 21, 2011 by pbik
Filed under Bikes

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Mark Cavendish and the HTC-High Road squad pre-ride parts of the Milan-Sanremo race course a couple weeks prior to the race, and Bernard Eisel gets his first real ride on the new Specialized + McLaren Venge.

Tags: HTCHigh, Recon, Road

Pace Bend Road Race 2011

March 18, 2011 by pbik
Filed under Bike racing

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This video was created to inform the participants of the Pace Bend Road Race 2011 of some logistical changes. Unlike previous years, the start/finish and staging area are close to the entrance of the park. However, race participants will not actually enter the park through the official park entrance; they will enter the park on [...]

Tags: 2011, Bend, Pace, Race, Road