For a bikenut like me, part of the fun is meeting people who ride all kinds of bikes, and there were all kinds of bikes and riders on the Cycle North Carolina ride. I ride a 1998 Bianchi "Campione de Italia" rebuilt in my "'shop" with Campangnolo Veloce, Centaur, Chorus, and Record components. This is probably the average bike: steel (mine), aluminum, or composite alu-carbon fiber frame, with Shimano 105/Ultegra mix. Campy components are a little less common and full carbon fiber is probably a little expensive to be the dominant frame, but there were still plenty there. Most bikes are typical drop bar road bikes but there were also folks on tandems, mountain bikes, "hybrids," hand cycles, and recumbents.