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Which will be better for riding distance on the road? A bike made for doing skids and jumps or a road bike? Duh.

Did I say it would be on the road!! I could either go the long road way or cut down a dirt path

I was basically asking could I go the distance on a DMR or would it be too much hard work? Was also thinking about using the bike for dirt jumping aswell

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I was basically asking could I go the distance on a DMR or would it be too much hard work? Was also thinking about using the bike for dirt jumping aswell

Personally I'd go for the DMR if you think you're likely to have some fun on it as well as commuting. Probably worth getting one with a cassette and derraileur (how the f**k do you spell that word?) though to make life easier for the commute.

I used to ride 7 miles on my trials bike to get to a riding spot so doing 5 miles on a DMR (get a QR seat clamp too) won't be a problem and will most likely be much more fun (if a bit more hard work) than a road bike or gay ass luminous pink fixie.

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Get the DMR. I used to ride 13 miles a day on a little 24Seven dirt frame. I just put the saddle way the hell up, got a nice cock-pit set up and some slick, but not too skinny tyres and it was fine. Not as quick as a road bike of course, but it depends on what you want it for. I had the frame and it wasn't ideal for commuting....but I had it, so I used it.

If you're buying new and all you'll be riding is road, then maybe you should get a roadie, but if you're wanting to mix things up and do some trails as well, then 5 miles on the DMR with a suitable set-up is hardly going to be much of a chore. You'll have cycled it in under 15 mins, so how hard can it be?

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Well I did.......6.5/7 miles to work.....20 minutes (average) on a 14" 24Seven with DMR moto RT's and a high saddle through Central London (i.e. busy traffic) and it wasn't really much of a chore.

I've never thought too much about the speed, I just based it on my experience. I'd leave work at 5.40 and be home at 6.00 and as I say that was 6.5/7 miles so thought 15 for 5 might be logical.....perhaps not.

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Can't be bothered to go to the effort of it, but works postcode was EC1R 5LJ and I lived at the top of Telegraph Hill, SE London - think it's about bang on 6.5 miles....

A map won't prove anything as I could make up an address, only JD has visited my old place and saw where I worked so him saying 'yup' is the best anyone will get....not that i'm quite sure why a map or proof is required.

There's no element of boasting, just trying to advise the OP that a little bike might not be as awful to commute on as he might imagine.

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Who put the bug up your ass tonight? :P

Maps will give you an idea of how far it was so you know if you were averaging such speeds. I couldn't care less for 'proof', just thought you might like to know if you were going at the pace you assumed.

Guess I'll try and be wholly explicit from here on so you don't miss the point (yet) again in future :rolleyes:

(That was a joke.)

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when i was in good shape and on my fixie every day for 3 months, i could do 6 miles in under 20 minutes, theres no way i could match that speed on a jump bike/similar, it'd suck, get the right tool for the job, get an old steel roadie or something similar and you'll blast along...

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Really....? I know when I used to do the route that I'm usually over take most people on fixies and my gearing was harder but the road guys would be a challenge, so that could account for it.

I'm not sure if it was the specific route, but the adrenaline of dodging all the cars, nipping through gaps, jumping lights etc kept you going. It was never a sit back and relax ride, always dodging etc so you weren't really conscious of the exertion until you stopped once home.

I did do it for over two years though and would aim to do it all without ever stopping/putting a foot down etc, so it just became routine and every so often you'd notice you'd get home that tiny bit quicker.

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5 miles on the DMR with a suitable set-up is hardly going to be much of a chore. You'll have cycled it in under 15 mins, so how hard can it be?
Really....? I know when I used to do the route that I'm usually over take most people on fixies and my gearing was harder but the road guys would be a challenge, so that could account for it.

I'm not sure if it was the specific route, but the adrenaline of dodging all the cars, nipping through gaps, jumping lights etc kept you going. It was never a sit back and relax ride, always dodging etc so you weren't really conscious of the exertion until you stopped once home.

I did do it for over two years though and would aim to do it all without ever stopping/putting a foot down etc, so it just became routine and every so often you'd notice you'd get home that tiny bit quicker.

Yeah, not a chore at all then, sounds like a walk in the park :ermm:

I wasn't doubting you had done it, I am sure it is possible, I just found it funny the way you made it sound like it was not that hard to do it!

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Still, most roadies would be more than happy with 6.5 miles in 15 minutes (25mph sustained) on a road bike. It's a lie that you've ever done that on a DMR. Perhaps you're mistaken and you did 5 miles in 25 minutes, or the clocks at work/home weren't synchronised / whatever.

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You need to check your eyesight. I said 6.5 miles in 20 minutes. I also said it was on a 24Seven, the OP is looking at getting a DMR, not me.

Anyway, this is all besides the point. I'm sure you are quite correct and i'm mistaken. I must have misconstrued it over the 5 days a week for over 2 years, silly old me. All's well that ends well.

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