How to Buy a Bicycle : Learn About Specialized Bicycles

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Hi! This is Eric from Expert Village and today I am going to talk to you about some different

kinds of bikes. Some people don't know this but there are different types of bicycles

that are designed for different purposes. On one end of the spectrum, you've got road

bikes which are made to go fast. They have skinny tires, high pressured tires, they are

very light weight. Those are the types of bikes you see people riding in the Tour of

France or other cycling events like that. There's another type of bike on the other

end of the scale that is made specifically for off road use and that is called mountain

bikes and there are different types of Mountain bikes but in general they are going to have

fatter, knobbier tires, a little lower pressure. They are going to have beefier frames with

bigger wells. They are going to generally have some type of suspension whether it is

on the front, back or both and they are specifcially made for off road use. Between those two,

you've got something that is called a hybrid and that is a bike that is sort of made to

do a little bit of everything. So if you are the type of person that likes to ride on the

street, ride around the neighborhood with kids but you occasionally like to do a little

off road riding like on a hike and bike trail or something like that, that is the type of

bike that might be best suited for you. Now it is not going to be best at everything,

not great at anything but it is going to be very versatile and allow you to do a lot of

different things. Generally those bikes will have a tire that is sort of in between a road

bike tire and a mountain bike tire; something with a little bit of tread but also sort of

a flat center line that will give you a nice smooth rolling tire. So that was my little

discussion about the different types of bikes. Thanks for watching.

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