| One of the not-so-notable
differences of their seat—the seat or "saddle," as we call it on a road bike,
is very thin and very hard to sit on, which is fine because you're going on a
very flat course and it's not very rough. But, on this seat, you need a little more cushion, and, as you can see, it
has a split here in the middle so it bends with your gluteus maximus. The next difference is the wheels. The road
bike tires are very thin and [there is] not much to it, which is fine for them
because they're all about productivity and, with a thinner tire and a smaller
tire, they can ride for a longer, more productive and harder and faster [ride] on a
road course. But, if you take this thing
on a mountain bike course, it will die a pretty painful death. So, on a mountain bike, you have very thick
tires and you have nobs on the tires, and that's so you can grip onto rocks and
roots and climb yourself up on top of them. |