The woman in question didn't buy a bike from me yet, but the Pacer, Cross-check, and San Marcos were the three I showed her. Most of the problem is not "speed", but wanting to fit in with the clubby roadies she imagines she'll ride with someday. And those guys have preached a different sort of gospel about carbon being a magical substance that makes everything about bike riding better. I used to ride my Atlantis with 50 mm Big Apples, fenders, a rack, a grocery pannier, and flat pedals on a weekly ride like that. At least half my conversations on those rides involved my companions trying to sell me on the trappings of the faux-racer. And I was the one who was selling bikes as a job (pre-HC days).
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