ROAD

The road bike is the best option for fast trips on the asphalt, whether for a ride or a competition. Whatever your use, it is necessary to have the right equipment and to use the best parts to spend hours riding in the best conditions. These bikes weigh less than 10kg and allow you to pick up speed quickly. These machines can be ridden for miles and start as soon as you put your foot on the pedal. There are different types of road cycling: criteriums, long distance, trekking, cyclosportives, and cycle touring. For each of these disciplines, there is a specific road bike equipment and material. Criterium is a type of cycling road race that usually takes place in the city center, on a circuit ranging from 800 m to 10 km over a maximum distance of 150 km. Long distances are rides that require good endurance and a bike that can handle a long ride. Although subjective, long distances are usually more than 100 km. Hiking and touring is exploring and traveling with your road bike to discover new places. Whatever you use your racing bike for, it is possible to equip it and add parts to improve it.

Components of a road bike

The quality of the road bike wheels is a very important element. Indeed it directly influences the performance and the speed. The arrival of carbon wheels for the road bike has effectively reduced the weight and thus improve the aerodynamics and stiffness. The choice of the road bike material has therefore a definite importance on the performance of the bike. The road bike wheels have the largest diameter with sizes of 700 mm.

Road bike tires are very thin, which reduces the grip on the ground and therefore increases speed. They are therefore more sensitive to obstacles on the road such as rocks or branches that may be present. The low weight of the road bike, its lowered frame and curved handlebars allow cyclists to have a good grip and better aerodynamics. All these optimizations result in a certain loss of comfort compared to other bikes.