Originally Posted by
Black wallnut
What are your goals and ambitions? You can get enough exercise to improve your health and lose weight with a comfort or hybrid bike. If your ambitions are for rides longer than an hour you might want to look at drop bar bikes of a more relaxed geometry.
Good question. When I started out I thought I would be fine with a flat bar commuter. I thought I would like a more 1 because I also wanted a more upright position and 2 because I really wanted to be sure that I would actually ride the bike before getting anything new. However after a few weeks of riding I found I really enjoyed riding fast and hard. I started off by doing 2 miles and eventually ended up doing 20 and realized I had a lot more in me. As a result about 2 months later I picked up a dedicated road bike with drop bars as I knew I would need them eventually. At first I didn’t use the drops much, but as I got better, stronger and faster I slowly moved into the drops more and more as riding in the drops allows me to get a more aero and hide from the head winds.