But I have a question: 3 years ago I had a road bike (2001 C'dale R600) in addition to my hardtail. I tended to do alot of road training so at the time it made sense. Over about a year though with different stems and such, it just never felt like the bike felt as much of a "part of me" as my hardtail did. So I traded it (the road bike) in on a FS bike...........excellent move.
Now my HT with 1.0" slicks has become my road bike, it's ok but a little heavy for the road (23 lbs.) and when I'm riding it seems like some "roadies" I can catch some I can't (if that matters at all). Then about a year and a half ago I saw a thread on a forum where a guy had put a flat bar on his road bike............cool.
So now lately I have been thinking about doing the same thing, getting a used road bike and converting it to a flat bar with bar ends. Then I saw the Giant Cypress SL (the least Wal_mart looking of those types of bikes, claimed to be a "road bike with a flat bar") and thought about that too.
Now my question is: Am I going to look like a total dork out there on a road bike with a flat bar? Is it really worth the hassle and $? Or should I just get a suspension corrected rigid fork for my HT and call it a day?
Any thoughts suggestions and whatnot would be appreciated.
Now my HT with 1.0" slicks has become my road bike, it's ok but a little heavy for the road (23 lbs.) and when I'm riding it seems like some "roadies" I can catch some I can't (if that matters at all). Then about a year and a half ago I saw a thread on a forum where a guy had put a flat bar on his road bike............cool.
So now lately I have been thinking about doing the same thing, getting a used road bike and converting it to a flat bar with bar ends. Then I saw the Giant Cypress SL (the least Wal_mart looking of those types of bikes, claimed to be a "road bike with a flat bar") and thought about that too.
Now my question is: Am I going to look like a total dork out there on a road bike with a flat bar? Is it really worth the hassle and $? Or should I just get a suspension corrected rigid fork for my HT and call it a day?
Any thoughts suggestions and whatnot would be appreciated.