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Want to buy into the whole cycling craze that's hot right now in Dhaka? If you know next to nothing about bicycles, here's our definitive guide to the different types of cycles you can indulge on.
Hard-tails and soft-tail MTBs usually have a comfortable ride compared to road bikes. The suspension and wider tires make MTB's go easy on your precious behind.
Road bikes are faster by a huge margin. The lighter frame and the frame geometry means more efficiency and less weight, which equals faster bikes.
Road bikes make more use of the power and the lack of suspension, and this means all the pedalling energy goes to the wheel, making them more efficient than MTBs.
The sturdier build of the MTB makes it heavier while the sleek design of the Road Bike means a significant drop in weight, unless you count the weight of the rider, which in most cases will render the road bikes unusable considering the recent obesity epidemic sweeping through our city. Our recommendation? Slim down on MTBs and then move to road bikes.
Fixies:
For the hipsters among us, or enthusiasts of Premium Rush, fixies are available on the market too. The term usually means a single gear cycle without a free-wheel. Most fixies available here have a free-wheel mechanism too.
While not for everyone, and not as efficient to ride as cycles with gears, for enthusiasts these colourful things are more fun to ride.
Hybrids:
A cross between the two, this is the way to go if you do not want to sacrifice proper suspension of an MTB for the speed of a road bike Hybrids have the straight handlebars instead of the more demanding drop bars but uses slicker tires for more speed. Any M IB can be converted into a hybrid by changing the tires to slicks.
Tires:
The first difference anyone notices between a Road Bike and an MTB is the tire. Notice the wide, knobbly tires on the MTB for traction while the Road Bike has slick and smooth tires for more speed.
Posture:
Road bikes, due to their drop bars,
demands a more aggressive
posture on the part of the rider
While this is ettecuve to get power
to the dnvetrain, the posture takes
time to get used to. Mountain
bikes on the other hand, you can
nde sitting upright. MTBs provide
a more relaxed posture, which
facilitates Tamil movie scene
remakes.
Brakes:
Brakes come in either old-fashioned callipers pressing against the rim or modern disc brakes. The latter offer more stopping power. Also pricier. We'd suggest you opt for the latter on whatever bike you get The stopping quality it provides makes all the difference between life and an unplanned trip to the hedges.
Handlebars:
Road bikes usually have a drop bar, which means the brake levers and shifters are vertical. MTBs usually come with flat handlebars or handlebars with a slight rise. So if you want to put your girlfriend on the handlebars and pretend you're in a Tamil movie, MTBs are the way to go.
Suspension: Suspension is one of the key factors that determine which bike you want. Hard-tail MTBs have only front suspension. Dual suspension MTBs are also widely available. Road bikes have rigid forks with no suspensions. While this ensures that all the power gets to the wheels and not to the suspension, it also means a bumpier ride on the pot-holed streets of Dhaka.
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