HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Fit narrowed/ slicker tyres and its a very versatile bike, the components don't have to be heavier either. A road bike is more fun but if I could only have one bike it'd be a cross ;-)
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What do I need? Hybrid or Road?
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jessculter
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Aberdeen
Bought a cannondale bad boy fatty urban bike in February. Been building up slowly over the months commuting to work. 26 x 2.0 schwalbe kojaks.
Went crazy a month ago and bought a giant defy 2, been on it quite a few times when weather allows.
I hate to admit it but I prefer the cannondale for comfort and speed. Thinking of selling the giant already. Only time I really notice a difference is downhill. I got suckered into thinking the road bike is the best thing since sliced bread but it's not for everyone.
Went crazy a month ago and bought a giant defy 2, been on it quite a few times when weather allows.
I hate to admit it but I prefer the cannondale for comfort and speed. Thinking of selling the giant already. Only time I really notice a difference is downhill. I got suckered into thinking the road bike is the best thing since sliced bread but it's not for everyone.
fudgepanda
Active Member
- Location
- Manchester U.K.
Having not really ridden a bike since 1974 I bought one a year ago and, acting on the advice from experienced riding colleagues at work I bought a hybrid. In this case a Bianchi Camaleonte 3. I must admit I was aiming for the sub £500 category but missed.....by about £300. I do think it was the right choice however as the aforementioned colleagues reckoned that with my lack of experience a hybrid would be more stable. It also has some very good kit which probably accounts for the price difference compared with some contemporaries: Shimano Deore LX triple chainring & Shimano hydraulic discs as well as Selle Viper perch. The paint finish is first class and more like that found on a prestige car than a push bike. I had it fitted with mudguards which, unfortunately, give very little clearance for mud such as might be found on a canal tow path or disused railway line, although it's great on wet roads. It also has quite wide tyres, 35C, and as long as they're not inflated to maximum (about 125psi) the ride is surprisingly comfortable. After 12 months, I've just paid the final £56, I can only find one minor criticism, and that's the lack of clearance which makes it only really viable on off road journeys if there is absoulutely no mud.
SquareDaff
Über Member
- Location
- Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Another vote for the Boardman CX. I run mine with 35mm semi slicks. Goes about 1mph slower than my road bike but with the advantage of mudguards and a rack.
isnt a cx bike a hybrid???????
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Technically yes, put some slicks on it and it's a road bike with clearances for mudguards etc.
Absolutely not! Cross bikes are a distinct species, having been around for more than a hundred years.
surely they do the job of two bikes if tyres are changed same as some flat bar bikes can do mud with tyre changes
We could discuss till the cows come home what constitutes a hybrid, but the most common definitions include 'bastard child of road and MTB bikes with some of the features of both'. Cross has heritage and class. Hybrids have neither. How's that?
Otherwise why not say that mountain bikes are hybrids too? And road bikes for that matter.
not convinced - just cause a cross bike has heritage it doesnt mean it doesnt fall into the hybrid class of bikes. A hybrid doesnt just have to be a flatbar roadie/mtb. butif it makes you feel better call it whatever you want.
not all cross bikes have road brakes, the also have disc and cantis, same as a hybrid, but also some hybrids have road gears, road brakes and tyres.
A hybrid between what and what? You are not making sense. Maybe you need to look at what the word hybrid actually means.
