[scott_w]

I saw the mountain bike he was (presumably) using and figured the takeaway was “if you want to ride fast, get a road bike”

Put another way: investment in the right tools for the job will get the results faster than killing yourself.

[cannam]

The photo is credited to someone else - I imagine it was chosen for beauty rather than truth. Earlier in the article there's a link to an actual bike, and it is a road bike: https://surlybikes.com/bikes/legacy/pacer

[pritovido]

Yeah, I read the article long ago and the picture was different. I believe it was a seagull shadow on the beach or something like that.