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With Pre-Order, you can purchase the latest items added to our store in advance of them arriving with us.
Your Pre-Order is prioritised (at no additional charge); meaning that as soon as the product arrives with us, we can wrap it straight back up; ready for collection via Click & Collect or despatch to you — it often never even hits the stock room shelves!
With Pre-Launch, the date when we expect to receive the product ourselves is still a little too hazy to be confident in accepting Pre-Orders.
So, instead, you can submit your email address against the item you are interested in and we will email you as soon as stock arrives on the system.
Estimated Delivery & Collection Dates are given on Pre-Order and Pre-Launch products. They are for indication purposes only and can change at any time without notice.
The dates we provide are based on indications given by our suppliers. Whenever we get updated information from our suppliers we will endeavour to update the Estimated Delivery & Collection Dates provided on product pages.
Customers must return unwanted goods bought online within 14 days of purchase. For damaged or faulty goods, customers are entitled to a 30-day return window, in line with the Consumer Rights Act. Please contact your local store if you have any questions relating to return of exchanging your item bought within one of our stores.
Brand:Tropix
Code:C:1K909A2
Road bikes, in the broadest sense, share several traits that unite their different subsections and separate them from mountain bikes and hybridbikes. Speed, lightweight frames, and efficiency are the three traits that define this category of bikes.SpeedWhile fast is a relative term, road bikes take top honours when compared to any other style of bike. The large-diameter wheels with narrow tyres are the biggest contributor to a road bike’s swiftness. Wheels and tyres are light, aerodynamic, and smooth, designed to roll you down the road with as little drag as possible. Mountain bikes with their heavy, lugged tyres and mixed-surface design can’t keep up. Same with hybridsor comfort bikes, whose wheels and tyres are built with more bump absorption or durability in mind. It is the difference between going for a run in lightweight running shoes vs. hiking boots.LightweightPut simply, road bikes can be made very light, because they are designed for performance only on hard, smooth surfaces. It does not matter whether it is concrete or asphalt—a road bike is not built to jump over logs, ride down rocky paths, or through sand and gravel. Other bikes have to have greater durability built into them in order not to leave a rider stranded on a mountain trail with a broken bike. Road bikes, however, see such consistently smooth roadways that they can be trimmed down to the barest minimum weight.EfficiencyCombining fast wheels and lightweight construction with a purposeful, athletic, forward-leaning position creates a very efficient package. The wheels generate little drag. The light frame and components don’t weigh a rider down. A rider leans into the wind, rather than sitting upright like a sail and has multiple hand positions to stay comfortable for a long time.Fast, light, and efficient are all traits of modern road bikes, though all bike designs are not the same.