| The two most common bike types that most people | | | | younger people are single speed bikes. These are |
| know are mountain bikes and road bikes meant for | | | | based on a track bike frame with means that you |
| racing or touring. If you are looking for a bike to get | | | | ride sitting up comfortably. They are usually built on a |
| around the city, neither of these bike styles will | | | | lightweight road bike-type frame and are built to be |
| actually be ideal for your purposes. A mountain bike | | | | lightweight by avoiding gears entirely. A well chosen |
| will be heavy and the knobby tires are not necessary | | | | single gear will be fine on flat stretches and even |
| on pavement. A racing road bike will have a lowslung | | | | moderate hills. No gears, derailleurs, etc. also means a |
| riding position that will not be comfortable to ride in | | | | simpler bike less less to break or maintain over time. |
| traffic and the tires will probably be too skinny. | | | | Be careful to not accidentally buy a fixed wheel bike: |
| There are a couple of bike styles that are ideal for | | | | this means that you can't ever stop pedaling since |
| the city. A hybrid bike or commuter bike is built | | | | the pedals must always turn as the wheels turn. |
| somewhere in between a mountain bike and a road | | | | While these can be fun, they can also be |
| bike. It will have medium sized tires and often will | | | | unnecessarily dangerous in traffic. Experienced fixed |
| have fenders over both wheels for keeping you | | | | wheel riders may not even have brakes and instead |
| moderately dry when biking through puddles of | | | | with the pedals themselves. |
| water. Another popular choice particularly amount | | | | |