| For most of us, well-intentioned but
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| | especially if you happen to have anything
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| casual bike riders who secretly believe
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| | unique about your physique, like long
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| we might be Lance Armstrong's heir if we
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| | legs combined with a short torso. If you
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| only had a few more hours a day to spend
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| | have long legs, you can straddle almost
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| on our bicycles, buying a new road bike
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| | any bike, but will your body be able to
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| is tantamount to buying a road bike
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| | relax comfortable in the stretch between
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| frame. The frame is what we're thinking
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| | your saddle and the handlebars? The
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| of, something new and shiny and colorful,
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| | whole geometry of the road bike frame
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| something we suspect even car drivers
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| | matters a lot to fit. And fit matters
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| envy when they see us flash through the
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| | excessively to comfort.If you're a racer,
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| snarl of traffic. Truly, a road bike
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| | comfort will not be your only
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| frame is a beautiful thing and part of
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| | consideration. Indeed, it may be down
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| the reason we love bicycling.When you
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| | among the last elements you consider.
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| have the good fortune to be looking at
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| | Speed is not usually built from comfort,
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| new bicycles, though, you definitely want
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| | and the road bike frame that promotes
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| to look at a few elements besides the
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| | speed is built of different materials
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| color of a road bike frame. Face it.
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| | than one used primarily for recreational
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| When you're on your way back home from a
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| | riding. Frames can be made of titanium,
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| long Sunday ride and you're riding your
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| | chrome-moly, aluminum or steel, and each
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| thirty-fifth mile smack into a stiff
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| | metal has different advantages of weight
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| headwind, the fact that your frame is
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| | and strength. Frame geometry varies,
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| cobalt blue or even Bianchi green is not
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| | too, with touring bikes featuring a
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| going to help you. The length of your
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| | longer vertical base and top tube than
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| seat tube is going to help you and the
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| | the skittish racing models.So when you're
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| length of your top tube and even the
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| | looking at road bike frames, think beyond
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| angle of the three main tubes all put
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| | the paint. Get a frame that fits both
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| together is going to help (or hinder)
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| | you and your purpose. Whether you do
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| you, but color is not.If you shop at a
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| | your research online or in a good bike
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| discount store or even a general purpose
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| | store, you'll be glad you took the
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| sports store, if you get any help at all
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| | time.Alastair Hamilton is a successful
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| in choosing a bike that fits you, it will
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| | writer who offers a truly unique depth of
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| probably consist of a clerk instructing
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| | experience in competitive cycling, he
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| you to stand over the top bar of the
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| | also contributes adding technical
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| frame and see if you can comfortably
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| | articles on road bikes ( ) to some
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| straddle it with your feet on the floor.
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| | cycling online magazines.
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| This is not really particularly helpful,
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