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" &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s not about the bike,&amp;quot; Lance Armstrong proclaimed in the title to his 2000 autobiography. Easy for him to say: The bicycles ridden by Tour de France competitors bear about as much resemblance to the bike in your garage as a NASCAR &amp;quot;Ford&amp;quot; does to your car. Unlike NASCAR vehicles, though, bikes similar to Tour models are available to anyone willing to spend absurd sums. Does all that money really make a difference? As a weekend road rider, I wanted to find out. So I tried three models, from bargain basement to high-end exotic, and measured my times over a 10-mile loop.  &amp;amp;gt;Discount SpecialHuffy Lakota | $60  &amp;amp;gt; Gears 15 Weight 42 lb. Average speed, 10-mile loop 13 mph Highest level speed 17 mph Bottom line Hey, it&amp;#039;s better than walking. Manufacturer websitehuffybikes.com &amp;amp;gt;Casual CruiserRaleigh Passage 4.0 | $375  &amp;amp;gt; Gears 24 Weight 34 lb. Average speed, 10-mile loop 14 mph Highest level speed 17 mph Bottom line Enjoy the view -- from the slow lane. Manufacturer websiteraleighusa.com &amp;amp;gt;Dream MachineGuru Geneo | $6995  &amp;amp;gt; Gears 20 Weight 16.2 lb. Average speed, 10-mile loop 20 mph Highest level speed 24 mph Bottom line Built by obsessives for obsessives. Manufacturer websitegurubikes.com "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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