Hybrid Bicycle
Hybrid bicycles blend characteristics (in highly variable degree) from road bikes, touring bikes and mountain bikes — to create bikes more robust than road bikes, more generally capable than touring bikes and faster than mountain bikes.
Hybrids may integrate the triple crank, handlebars, upright posture and brake system of a mountain bike; the numerous accommodations for accessories (front and rear racks, water bottles, and fenders) of a touring bike; with the larger wheel diameter (e.g. 700c) and lighter componentry of a road bike — and a rim/tire configuration that falls between the road/touring bikes and mountain bikes.
Hybrid bikes have spawned numerous sub-categories satisfying diverse ridership. They are classified by their design priorities, such as those optimized for comfort or fitness — and those offered as city, cross or commuter bikes.
Read more about Hybrid Bicycle: Trekking Bike, Cross Bike, Commuter Bike, City Bike, Comfort Bike
Famous quotes containing the word bicycle:
“Consider a man riding a bicycle. Whoever he is, we can say three things about him. We know he got on the bicycle and started to move. We know that at some point he will stop and get off. Most important of all, we know that if at any point between the beginning and the end of his journey he stops moving and does not get off the bicycle he will fall off it. That is a metaphor for the journey through life of any living thing, and I think of any society of living things.”
—William Golding (b. 1911)