People Still Call Them 10-speeds, yet the serious skinny-tire, drop-bar, hard-seat road bike hasn't had a mere 10 speeds since John Kerry was in college. Now 20 gears are common and 30 an option, and few racers actually go racing. Most Americans know more about Lance Armstrong than they do about ultralight, ultrafast bicycles, which happen to be among the most remarkable items of sporting equipment ever invented. To this day, the world hasn't come up with a more efficient human-powered vehicle. The modern road bike is the product of enormous advances in materials, technology and aerodynamics, but the basic double-triangle configuration of the frame hasn't changed in 120 years. Somebody got it right the first time.
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