Originally Posted by jhumason
Well, that's kinda where my hybrid question came from. I have never been comfortable riding drops, even though most of my bikes (from the time I outgrew my Sting Ray back in the 60s) have had them. I usually rode them in the up position with brake handle extensions. Well, the brakes suck like that and it keeps your hands too close to the center for comfort.
A decade ago, I made my own kinda-hybrid, by putting MTB bar on my road bike, but it isn't really a good setup either. Now that I am taking up serious riding again, I was curious what "hybrid" meant...what pieces are taken from MTBs and what pieces are more like a road bike, for example.
I believe that hybrids don't usually have the suspension generally found on MTBs, and they also have either much less knobby tyres, or 'slicks' to make riding on a road easier. They will have a more upright riding position.
I think there was a TV program called "Different Strokes"--and that certainly applies in bicycles! Everyone's got some idiocyncrasy
, and all that means is that everyone's different.
Oh, and if you want the Penny Farthing, look in Alt Bikes. There's a very interesting thread about the properties of Highwheelers there.
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