Hybrid or Road
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Hybrid or Road
Postby fatpop » Wed Mar 18, 2015 11:41 pm
Thanks so much in advance, this is the first proper bike i plan on buying so I am in need of some advice
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Re: Hybrid or Road
Postby silentbutdeadly » Thu Mar 19, 2015 10:34 am
They'll also be more comfortable for commuting with the very slight tradeoff that they won't be quite as capable in a bunch ride...but since you have no intention of this then it is no tradeoff.
Hybrid bikes add a further tradeoff by being even heavier and slower but they can often be cheaper and more comfortable (especially for beginners and older riders). They are not any stronger. And if they have a suspension fork on the front then they are savagely compromised...
I would lean you more towards the road styled bike with wider 700c tyres than the typical hybrid bike.
Have a squiz at the Giant Revolt 3 or the Giant Cross City 0 Disc and use them as a starter to determine what else is out there you might be interested in.
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Re: Hybrid or Road
Postby vosadrian » Thu Mar 19, 2015 11:17 am
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Re: Hybrid or Road
Postby bychosis » Thu Mar 19, 2015 11:36 am
To add further confusion if I was getting a new bike for commuting on I'd be looking at a cyclocross bike. Built tough, disc brakes, wider comfort tyres with a road bike aero-ish position. Disc brakes work much better than rim brakes in the wet, but are not an essential upgrade if you will be a fair weather commuter.
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Re: Hybrid or Road
Postby Calvin27 » Thu Mar 19, 2015 11:52 am
Bigger tyres are more comfortable, smaller are faster. Pick one.
I'd personally just go with the trend and get a sportif road bike (comfortable more upright geometry, kind of between a hybrid and road racer) or a cross bike. Both will do roads and some questionable gravel roads too. Think of it this way:
Lower number is faster but less able on the rough stuff.
1. Pure road bike
2. Sportif road bike
3. Cross bike
4. Hybrid road
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6. 29er front suspension
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Re: Hybrid or Road
Postby jasonc » Thu Mar 19, 2015 12:44 pm
i started with a hybrid to ride to work
I now have a flat bar and a roadie
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Re: Hybrid or Road
Postby dinga78 » Thu Mar 19, 2015 1:09 pm
i looked at cx bikes as options but limited my search to di2, hydro discs......in the end i couldnt commit to the chain/cassette maintenance required from riding externally geared bikes in all weather every day, so i stuck with the belt drive.
the di2 was to remove the last cable from the setup to further reduce any maintenance issues etc but in the end the 4-5k price tag was too much given i was only gaining a lighter bike to go faster on.
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Re: Hybrid or Road
Postby fatpop » Thu Mar 19, 2015 1:15 pm
the majority of the riding will be just a daily commute to and from uni which is in the city. i don't know how much leisurely riding i plan on doing, most likely not too much, was just worried that i would be limited getting a road bike if i came across unpaved surfaces but it seems like for the most part that the bike will take it quite well if it has to.
Any recommendations for an entry level road bike?
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Re: Hybrid or Road
Postby unbent » Thu Mar 19, 2015 7:10 pm
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Re: Hybrid or Road
Postby ebs » Thu Mar 19, 2015 7:50 pm
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Re: Hybrid or Road
Postby lardass71 » Thu Mar 19, 2015 8:14 pm
yep that sums it up, try them all, get whatever strava says your faster onunbent wrote:I bought a hybrid in jan and am already looking to upgrade to a road bike... While I am enjoying it the bike Its speed tops out at and is hard to maintain past 30km on the flats... Heavy , hard to push into a headwind because of the upright position and .. Well it's all about beating my strava pb's and I have platued a bit ....
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Re: Hybrid or Road
Postby unbent » Thu Mar 19, 2015 8:16 pm
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Re: Hybrid or Road
Postby Calvin27 » Thu Mar 19, 2015 8:31 pm
Cushy dirt bike
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Re: Hybrid or Road
Postby jdh500 » Thu Mar 19, 2015 9:27 pm
I'm currently using merida T5 to commute to work 3 days a week and another ride on the weekend of about 7 to 10km each way.
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