LACHLAN MORTON, A ROADIE WITH A DIRTY FUTURE
“More often than not I’ll end up spending six hours on my mountain bike. I just enjoy that variation; it feels so new. That really helps with the positional element and getting used to the different positions.”
The once deeply entwined souls and spirits of fat and skinny tyres parted ways in a bitter divorce many years ago. And then a few years back came their illegitimate love child – the gravel bike, which has made sweet tracks towards once again finding common ground between the disciples of the dirt and radical roadies.
Road cycling is a sport that is often chokingly constrained by a strangely alluring tradition, which is often rebelled against and then re-discovered and appreciated in the same way that a fine cognac and a classic Marlon Brando can be.
In the past couple of years pro road cycling has been forced to fly somewhat in the face of its traditions, with a number of former mountain bike racers (including Cadel Evans and Adam Hansen)
