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Originally Posted by livingminimal
I also think a lot of purchases are social media driven these days (Crust, a dude who uses a dead child for his screen name, etc) and never actually use the bikes for any rando purpose.
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And what percentage of the owners of road racers use the bikes for any racing purpose? In my mind, the only uncertainty there is how many zeros to the right of the decimal point.
As far as "any rando purpose" is concerned, if the point of such a bike is to be comfortable on rides that would otherwise be tiring, to be able to carry enough to let you comfortably adjust your clothing over a 20-30 degree range of temperatures, to be safe if you're riding at dusk and after, and to be comfortable should it rain (all of which pretty much defines the mission these bikes are designed for) then you really do not need the little yellow brevet card or the time limits between controls or even the 200K or greater distances to qualify as a "rando purpose." That purpose, in fact, coincides far better with the real world riding most people do than a racing bike.