Yojimbo_ said:I have a road bike and a hybrid. Both pretty old.
The one I ride depends on how far I'm going and where I'm going to leave my bike.
No point in a mountain bike unless you are really going to do a fair bit of trail. Note that the hybrid will work for both road and off road if you get it set up right, but then it won't be optimal for either.
Depends on what you like really.
Well I went to a really nice bike shop Saturday AM, got there just as they was opening up as I wanted to make sure I spoke to someone who would have a bit of time to go through with some stuff with me... Got speaking to a nice lad, he seemed interested in talking to me in general about stuff etc and knew what I was trying to tell him in non bike speak...
Well anyway, I told him exactly what I wanted to do, go to work mon-fri on road, maybe down a dirt path/gravely etc and also ride around a couple of reservoir tracks etc...
He did go through road bikes, hybrids etc, types of gears... tyres. But I ended up going for a MTB a Giant Terrago Disc 08 (not sure what difference a year makes) got a good deal on it with quite a bit knocked off... (it went back to RRP later in the day!)
I am very pleased with it, got it home and did 8.5 miles in 1 hour straight away, surprised myself! I know people recommended a Hybrid or road etc, but I don't want to have 2 bikes one for road and the other for the weekend etc, I had already got some slicks with knobblies on *?* from the previous week for my old bike so thinking I will put them on which is what I will be using it for most...
It has got front and back discs (well impressed I can actually stop now!) and suspension which can be locked off and adjusted. It also has hydraulics what ever they do!
Well, we'll see how we get on, and hopefully see some of the weight drop off..
It was a bit depressing this morning...woke up chucking it down with raid thinking soon I may be riding to work in this!!!!!