If you’re looking to buy a new bike it can be difficult to work which to go for. Hybrid Vs Road bike is a question we get asked a lot, and these are the five key differences you need to know.
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Alu-minum
want cheap gravel bike , just buy a hibrid and install drop bars ,
Hybrid bikes are not all aluminum or steel. I am looking at Trek and Specialized hybrids that are carbon fiber. You can get hybrid bikes that are quite sporty. I actually don't know why you would get a drop bar bike unless you were racing. And gravel bikes are really derivative compared to a hybrid.
Could you recommend a good hybrid bike for under £1000 ?
Do they make Road bikes with Gravel/Hybrid tires?
Im on a 11,6kg hybrid. Carbonfiber fork and hydralic brakes, its awesome and upright position. Goes quick and silent. Racer would be even quicker, but less comfort.
A CGR shoudl be better than a gravel as jack of all trades
Is frame size more adjustable for a hybrid bike as compared to a road bike?
I just don't understand why gravel bikes are so damned expensive I can buy a hybrid bike with a carbon fork and high quality aluminum frame with better components at half the price point of an entry-level gravel bike.
Sell your car and get a UL certified E-bike.
Road bikes are much more dangerous since your head is leaned in forward. Road bikes are actually garbage on sidewalks so you have to choose between getting wacked by a semi or running through grass/dirt.
get one of each, problem solved.
You 1st country people really dont know what hybrid means.
An hybrid bike is a rigid mtb with thin tyres, high seat post position, low STRAIGHT handlebar position and the most important thing: 3 plates (42-36-24) and a road cassette.
THIS is what a hybrid bike is.
Not that BS brands sell to you.
Those are huge ugly commute bikes.
The biggest difference: spandex on a hybrid looks even more rediculous
Very helpful video, than you.
I always stick to Hybrids , sometimes you cycle faster knowing a piece of glass won't pop your tire.
my specializewd roubaix technically speaking is a hybrid bike
If you can only have one hybrid every time it can do anything a road bike can do and more touring yep go to the shops yep putting in Training miles comfortably yep commuting to work hell yeah light gravel no problems.
I love riding hybrid… I also give my self excuses as to why people on road bikes are much faster than me
In the UK : If I am not looking at traffic, I am looking at potholes , they are everywhere. We don't have the roads for a road bike.
Don’t spend any hard earned money on a bike that you will barely use
In the olden days there were only two types of bike: penny farthings, grifters, choppers, bmxs, ladies' shopper bikes, racing bikes, plus lots of bikes that look incredibly similar to hybrid bikes. Hmm! 🤔 Has young Rupert not bothered to do his homework or is his scriptwriter just lazy?
I have a boardman hybrid and a giant propel road bike. Both are great. Different rides abut enjoyable Alternate summer and winter
Some years ago, before there was such a thing as "hybrid bikes", I had a mountain bike, but I needed a faster bike to commute to work on. Where I lived, it was quite hilly in places, and the inner city traffic was on the dangerous side. So I went to my local bike shop and found a Scott racing bike at a good price, threw on a flat bar, resulting in having to change the shifters, but that was fine. I also got flat pedals(for fast getaways – without mishap – at the lights). I really needed that upright position in the dangerous traffic, plus as a mountainbiker, I find the racing position not comfortable on the back etc. So it was comfortable, plus I had the speed and acceleration to keep me out of danger in the midst of traffic, and I was able to get up hills with relative ease.
Well said 👏
Great video. Thanks for sharing
I’m riding the Oregon Trail (2100) Independence, Mo to Oregon for charity.. I’m an endurance hiker I hiked from Indiana to San Francisco, Ca I walked Nebraska to Wyoming on the trail i road a wal- mart 700 cc Road Bike From California to Kansas only two flats no brake downs that whole ride (that never happens) I was in a lot of pain tho , the whole bike trip only because I never trained or road a bike over 20 miles before I took off
if a person hikes for FIVE years
straight , like I did .
then just take off on a once in a lifetime trip ..
I’m getting back on the
HIGHWAY for a GOOD cause
I don’t want to RIDE a wal- mart bike this time
2100 miles on the Oregon Trail for Charity isn’t taken lightly
anyone – in the comments know WHICH bike would be best for this TRIP
any TIPS greatly appreciated
stay safe
Letters To Esme
Get a decent hybrid…ok for fitness, commuting, unsurfaced roads, touring all year round. Too much snobbery in cycling these days…media and industry just want sales ….and not every one is interested in being a roadie Tour de France wannabe, but just enjoy cycling!
what a marketing snakeoil sorcery.. aero dynamic 😂 your body aint even covered with teflon.