If you are looking for road bikes for sale Cape Town, you may need to increase your knowledge about these bikes. Road biking is an enjoyable way to get fitter, meet new people, and take in your surroundings more slowly than you could from a rushing car. These are efficient, quick, and agile.

Road bike models may have identical appearances, yet their frame designs differ in minor but significant ways.  The majority of road bikes are made with sport (recreational) geometry. If you intend to ride up to three times a week and cover between 20 and 150 miles, these bikes are perfect for you. They also work well for longer, more structured events that happen a few times a year. Compared to a performance bike, the riding position is more upright and the steering is less rigid.

Competitive riders are drawn to road bikes with performance (race) geometry. These bikes are more responsive to steering input and require the rider to be more stretched and flexible to increase aerodynamics. Performance bikes are more expensive, have lighter wheels, a sturdier frame, and more expensive parts.

Road bikes with flat bars resemble sport geometry bikes, except they ride more upright. This type of road bike is popular for commuting since it's easier to glance about and watch traffic. It's also popular if you want a bike that's quite nimble but don't plan on riding on the drops, which are the lowest portion of a curved bar. Entry-level to mid-level components are frequently seen on flat bar road bikes.

Sometimes, components are referred to as a groupset (or gruppo in Italian). A groupset is a collection of identical parts from a manufacturer. Compared to a bike with a random collection of parts, a bike model with a groupset looks more elegant, fashionable, and consistent. You need to take this in mind before going for road bikes for sale in South Africa.

A popular shortcut for defining a bike's quality and comparing several bikes is the groupset. The two most often used providers of drivetrain components are Shimano and SRAM. Their current groupset models are compared in the table below.

Gearing is a common topic of discussion on road bikes. First, let's talk about the crankset. This is the part that moves the back wheel through the chain when the pedals are turned.

A road bike's crankset might be triple, double, or compact. This has to do with how many and how big the chainrings are (found via the pedals).

Three chainrings make up a triple crankset, which is frequently used with a nine-speed cassette on the back wheel to provide a total of 27 gears. This design offers a variety of gears for cyclists and is most frequently found on entry-level road bikes.

Both compact and double cranksets feature two chainrings in the front and a 10-speed cassette in the rear, for a total of 20 gears. A compact crankset has a smaller range of gears than a double because its chainrings are smaller and have fewer teeth.

Because it weighs less than a triple and offers a comparable range of gears (from low to high), a compact crankset is frequently found on bikes with sport geometry. In addition to providing superior heel clearance to the crank arm compared to a triple crankset, a compact or double crankset also eliminates the possibility of unpleasant shoe rub with each pedal rotation.

Purchase advice: A triple or compact crankset is what you should get if you're new to road cycling or if you plan to go up steep hills or canyons. Flat-land and strong cyclists might favour a double.