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This article will present a general Road bike review, essentially designed to be ridden on paved roads. The road bikes are specifically designed to be used on paved roads, not on off-road terrain. Road bikes are often sometimes popularly called as racing bicycle. The first thing that one can notice about road bikes is their drop handlebars and the most exciting multi-gear options. You can have many varieties in terms of gears. A road bicycle is a bicycle designed for road cycling according to the rules of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The UCI rules were altered in 1934 to exclude recumbent bicycles.
Key Features and Parts
Although there are many features of a road bicycle but two most notable features are its light weight and the rider position. You can easily recognize a road bike amongst hundreds of bikes by seeing its handlebars that are lower than the saddles. This is designed to put the rider in an aerodynamic position. The road bike provides amazing handling capabilities because its rear and front wheels are close together.
The key parts of a road bicycle are as follows:
* Saddle
* Downward Handlebars
* Seat-post
* Brake levers
* Head tube
* Down tube
* Seat stay
* Chain stay
* Gear shifters
* Stylish rims
The other most important part of any bicycle that calculates its performance is the wheels. The rims can be shaped to achieve greater efficiency. The rim of a road bicycle makes a triangular cross-section to form a teardrop with the tire. For hill climbs, however, energy losses due to the higher rotating weight of most aerodynamic rims are greater than the aerodynamic drag reduction that they offer, so a traditional lighter box-sectioned rim is often used. Rims are usually made from various alloys like aluminum alloy. However, a rim for a road bicycle can be made from a carbon fiber that is less in weight as compared to a metal rim. For better aerodynamics, it is always advisable to lower the number of spokes present in the wheel.
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