A question for the pro/elite riders…?
Hi Guys and Girlz,
HYBRID vs. SINGLE SPEED
I’m stuck in a bit of a dilemma… Having recently crossed over to the world of road racing; apart from my long weekend rides, I currently do most of my training on my commute to and from work during the week.
Now the time has come for me to replace my commuter bike (mountain bike) for something new. I can’t decide between a Hybrid or a Single Speed. The hybrid will allow me to continue my extended journey’s to and from work, one day spinning in a low gear and the next grinding away in a hard gear. Now if I get a single speed, I’ll be grinding away on the uphills and spinning on the flats/downhills. Just not at my own discretion…
The only other benefit single speed, is that’s less maintenance.
From a professional’s point of view, which bike do you think would be more beneficial to my training?
Thanks for the current answers, but I do have a nice road bike which I use for training on the weekends and for races.
I also graduated from commuting to road racing a few years ago, and I traded by mountain bike commuter for a sport touring bike which I was able to set up to fit exactly the same as my race bike. I later bought a touring bike which was the best commuter, drop bars like my road bike, but able to fit larger tires, mudguards, and racks to carry my baggage to work. It was still fast enough for general road riding, in fact it became my early season training bike as well as my commuter. A single speed might not be the best thing for training, unless your commute is flat, and a hybrid will not fit anything like a road bike. Cyclocross bikes work fairly well for commuting, but are not as well adapted for commuting and carrying baggage as a touring bike
2010 Trek 3900 All Terrain Mountain Bike-Pat’s 605 Cyclery- Norwalk, CA.
