What is a 'performance road bike'?

What is a 'performance road bike'?

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A performance road bike has super-lightweight wheels; either it's a carbon-fiber frame or it's a titanium frame. It's really light. That's the type of bike that you see on TV that Lance Armstrong uses. That's the type of road bike. It has 10 speeds in the back, and it has 2 speeds in the front. That is a performance road bike, and its' 700 Cs - really fast with thin tires.