When riding for pleasure which bike type do you use the most?

[Ming the Merciless]

Surely the options should be

1. Upright
2. Recumbent

Why break down category 1 but not the latter?

 

[tyred]

The ultimate for a nice leisurely ride

 

[DCBassman]

me neither - count yourself lucky - such bikes didn't exist until pretty recently.

Made my own!

 

[Dogtrousers]

I ride my bike. I don't know how you'd describe it. Light tourer, audax, road or something.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I was confused at the question. If you are not riding for pleasure. Why are you riding at all? 😁

To get into work?
When I cycle commuted I got little in the way of pleasure from it.

 

[Ian H]

can I ask where that pic is from?
maybe not the greatest work of art but captures the timeless (well since we were given the bicycle) joy of cycling and nature.
A gallery of such things would be nice.

Frank Patterson was probably the most famous illustrator of cycling & cyclists. He had a long association with the Comic.

 

[wafter]

I'd expected more touring and gravel representation..

I prefer the gravel bike over the road alternative as it's a lot more versatile for available routes. Plus as I get older and fatter speed has taken a back seat to just getting out..

The tourer has (well, or had until the temperature fell through the floor) seen a lot more use than the gravel bike, however that's more because utility had been keeping me going out so it was always the natural choice.

 

[Alex321]

I only have one bike, which is a road bike, so that is what I use most. It just about copes with easy gravel, but not much more.

Actually, that isn't quite true. I do still have my old hybrid, but it needs a new bottom bracket, so hasn't been ridden since I bought the road bike in August last year.

 

[Fredo76]

I'm calling both of these road bikes:





I ride Clem more often than Fredo now, but that may change next summer...

 

[Illaveago]

At one time 6 of the categories would have just been covered by one bike. Kids used to do all sorts of things to their old bikes whatever trend was in at the time . I can remember when cow horn handlebars were the fashion .
I think what the manufacturers called Touring cycles which at the time we called Racers might have been due to the fact that at one time it was illegal to race on the roads .

 

[davidphilips]

All my bikes are now road bikes and tbh even with lots of cyclists gravitating towards bikes with more gears and even Di2 etc i tend to use my single speed even on club runs, there have been a few times i have been dropped on sprints etc but as long as i am careful and dont over spin for to long can catch up.

 

[Alex321]

Surely the options should be

1. Upright
2. Recumbent

Why break down category 1 but not the latter?

Numbers.

Recumbents are less common than most of the subdivisions of uprights, so breaking them down would give ridiculously small numbers for each category.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Numbers.

Recumbents are less common than most of the subdivisions of uprights, so breaking them down would give ridiculously small numbers for each category.

But breaking down uprights has given ridiculously small numbers. Your argument doesn’t hold water.

 

[cyberknight]

To get into work?
When I cycle commuted I got little in the way of pleasure from it.

especially last week , it was not the most enjoyable thing i have done

 

[Alex321]

But breaking down uprights has given ridiculously small numbers. Your argument doesn’t hold water.

Only 3 of the 8 categories have less than the total for recumbents.