swampyseifer
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Milton Keynes. UK
So yeah, still cant decide on this. I thought I had decided...hybrid...the solid frame of an MTB but the lighter weight of a road bike.
But I just cant decide...does it really make *that much* difference if the frame weighs like 2 kilos less or something? Plus I am almost never going to ride on a plain road...but I am likely to be on gravel/grass most of the time.
I also read somewhere that MTBs are actually more responsive than hybrids and far more stable at higher speeds
I also read several forum posts about people saying its sometimes better to get a MTB frame and buy some slicker tires for it!
Then there's the cost, from what I can tell, MTBs seem to be cheaper in general to hybrids.
Also there's that little bit of me (probably from my father) who thinks that something made to be an MTB is good at offroad, a road bike is good onroad...a hybrid is average at either.
But I just cant decide...does it really make *that much* difference if the frame weighs like 2 kilos less or something? Plus I am almost never going to ride on a plain road...but I am likely to be on gravel/grass most of the time.
I also read somewhere that MTBs are actually more responsive than hybrids and far more stable at higher speeds
I also read several forum posts about people saying its sometimes better to get a MTB frame and buy some slicker tires for it!
Then there's the cost, from what I can tell, MTBs seem to be cheaper in general to hybrids.
Also there's that little bit of me (probably from my father) who thinks that something made to be an MTB is good at offroad, a road bike is good onroad...a hybrid is average at either.