Touring & Commuting
Characteristics of the Touring - Hybrid - Commuter Bicycles
- Hybrid bikes - are generally made of
aluminium, for lightness. Have 27 gears, a suspension saddle
or saddle post, larger diameter wheels and come with higher
pressure cross over tyres which reduce rolling resistance.
These tyres can be ridden on both road and fire trails
if desired.
- Hybrid bikes have fittings for a tyre pump, water bottles,
panniers, saddle bags, adjustable stems and straight bars
for comfort. Hybrids can be fitted with, shopping baskets,
bags to carry lap top computers, shopping trailers, child
seats and so on. They can be ridden to work, on social
rides and events, participate in family rides, even carrying
the picnic and bottle of wine.
Hybrids often have front shock absorbers
with limited movement to iron out the bumps as you ride
along. They can be fitted with tyres more suitable to fire
trails if required because of their wider forks.
- The Hybrid bike is the general purpose bike which does
everything that you would want to do except race and ride
off road like an MTB. The Hybrid is easily customised to
suit its rider
- Please use these links to compare types: Mountain
Bikes - Jamis
Road Bikes - Purchasing
a bike
Touring the Macarthur Region NSW with Macarthur Bicycle Users
Group - MacBUG - Brown Hill Loop ride - Copyright Phil Rylatt
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