What is a hybrid bicycle?

By Ungke Sanger


Now you have decided to get a bike for pleasure, and that even biking to work will be a way to get some daily exercise, save wear on your automobile, and with some luck even reduce your gas bill, which sort of bike should you get?

If you are new to cycling or recollecting how much fun you had as a kid riding your Schwinn to college with your friends, the enjoyment of bike riding could have rekindled your interest in cycling. There are at present one or two kinds of bikes on the current market, and choosing the right one can make bicycling an entertaining experience, or a miserable chore.

Best Sort of Bike for Commuting and Exercise

As an enthusiastic bicyclist, a multi-use bike, for example a composite is the best for commuting and exercise, unless you plan to do long road rides or trail cycling. Most professionals agree that hybrid bicycles, which are an amalgam of a road bike and a mountain bike, is your best choice for casual riding, exercise, trail riding and commuting.

What is a hybrid bicycle?

If you are not sure what a hybrid bike is, a composite is a mixture of a road bike and an off-road bike. It is designed for short, medium or even long road rides and light trail riding. They are generally made with lightweight aluminum frames, thin tires with little nubs for traction on pavement and dust, and have 21 to 24 gears to handle any type of terrain from flat roads to the most challenging hills.

A compound bike has a bigger soft saddle than either a trail bicycle or a road bike seat, and has upright handlebars to eliminate stress and agony on your back and shoulders. This differentiates a hybrid bicycle from a road bike, that has curved handlebars and thin tires, or a mountain bicycle, which has straight handle bars and thick knobby tires, you are typically in a hunched position.

Advantages of a Composite Bike

Road bikes and mountain bicycles, while are fantastic for their intended purposes, they're not good multi-purpose bikes. Here is where the hybrid comes in. With a compound bike, you can simply enjoy city riding, short to long road rides and trail rides, without missing a beat. With its light weight aluminum frame, 21 - 24 gears, soft saddle, upright handle bars and tires that will grip mud or fly you down Main St, you are prepared for just about every scenario with one bicycle.

Not Too Expensive

A quality, light weight road bike can cost anywhere from $250 to $3500 or even more, and specialists agree a good trail bicycle designed for every kind of terrain and jumps will set you back $400 or even more. A high quality, lightweight composite bike with standard Shimano parts will cost between $50 and $100. You may simply regain this investment after commuting to work or school and saving one month's worth of trips and cash at the gas pump.




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