Hybrid Vs Road Bike: 5 Key Differences You Need To Know | Cycling Weekly

Pros cons really i like the hybrid because of the condition of UK roads is ridiculous.

As a young lad I rode my road bike anywhere I liked. Roads, gravel paths, through woods and bumpy lanes. I would have rode up a mountain if there was one around. Any bike is a good bike until you decide what you want.

this was a great breakdown and very helpful information towards my selection, Thank You!

Update: Hybrid bikes are also made of carbon fibre.

Very good

"in the olden days there were mountain bikes and road bikes" I feel old I remember there being racers and shoping bikes and mountain bikes had yet to be a thing

For me I tought speed is everything, had to realize better vision and comfort are more important on the long term. So looking forward to replace road bike with hybrid. With a good lightweight wheelset I think it will also feel fast enough and climb easily.

Is he from England?

There are full carbon on hybrid bikes tooo

Dont know why "sitting upright" is equated with comfort, road shocks go straight up your spine, whereas with your back at an angle, you don't have to absorb the shocks.

Comfort on a bicycle isn't the same as sitting on the couch and watching tv comfort. Comfort also derives from getting maximum speed for minimum effort, and sitting bolt upright you lose mechanical efficency and have to work harder to put the same power into the pedals.

Same thing with visibility, sitting upright doesn't improve your field of view, in any direction.

I don't know why but I have 2 bikes one is Giant brand and the other is Trek. I'm not a professional rider, but the Trek one has suspension and is heavier. My Giant bike is a lighter and normal hybrid bike. Although my Giant bike has thinner and lighter wheels, it is slower. I took it to bike maintenance and the person there said there was no problem with my bike. Now my bike, which is heavier and has thicker wheels, goes faster. Trek is faster when we leave it downhill without pedaling at all. We change bikes and although I am heavier, the trek still goes fast. Can anyone explain this? This situation is so weird!

I just bought a flat-bar gravel bike. At 62 and returning to cycling after a 10-year lay off, I want to enjoy the ride!

I love my ridgeback hybrid bikes. They just sail along all day

Thanks man.

One bike to rule them all. Gravel.

Well. At least for day rides, exercise and "hobby riding".

For going to the store, communting to work, the pub etc, there is my trusted flatbar ("bmx style"), single speed, aluminium, wide tires, kinds no-sus mtb/hybrik bike. Always dependent. Good stuff.

So. The best bike...is two bikes. 😅

I have a hybrid with bar ends. I can get much more aero using them. Having them takes away much of the advantage of a road bike.

i'd take a hybrid anyday. versatile. great for doing tons of mileage. strong. i use to put in 50 miles a day on my hybrid over hills and through city traffic. that's 50 per day! u get strong legs, burn cals, get hit and stay in the saddle. ride tall and see up ahead. ur not lance armstrong. and ur not riding mountains. trek and giant make great ones. u can cover a lot of ground fast, beat them up and they work.

Work as advertised, good for a beginner rider.

Hybrid all day everydya diggaaa

For everyday use hybrids certainly work for me. Most of them easily go over GRAVEL too - it’s basically the tyres fitted on any bike that allow this anyway, but the cycling industry has the job of convincing consumers to part with their money and spend it on the latest products with the latest buzz words attached to them😂

what a marketing snakeoil sorcery.. aero dynamic 😂 your body aint even covered with teflon.

Get a decent hybrid...ok for fitness, commuting, unsurfaced roads, touring all year round. Too much snobbery in cycling these days...media and industry just want sales ....and not every one is interested in being a roadie Tour de France wannabe, but just enjoy cycling!

Great video. Thanks for sharing

Well said 👏

Some years ago, before there was such a thing as "hybrid bikes", I had a mountain bike, but I needed a faster bike to commute to work on. Where I lived, it was quite hilly in places, and the inner city traffic was on the dangerous side. So I went to my local bike shop and found a Scott racing bike at a good price, threw on a flat bar, resulting in having to change the shifters, but that was fine. I also got flat pedals(for fast getaways - without mishap - at the lights). I really needed that upright position in the dangerous traffic, plus as a mountainbiker, I find the racing position not comfortable on the back etc. So it was comfortable, plus I had the speed and acceleration to keep me out of danger in the midst of traffic, and I was able to get up hills with relative ease.

I have a boardman hybrid and a giant propel road bike. Both are great. Different rides abut enjoyable Alternate summer and winter

In the olden days there were only two types of bike: penny farthings, grifters, choppers, bmxs, ladies' shopper bikes, racing bikes, plus lots of bikes that look incredibly similar to hybrid bikes. Hmm! 🤔 Has young Rupert not bothered to do his homework or is his scriptwriter just lazy?

Don’t spend any hard earned money on a bike that you will barely use

In the UK : If I am not looking at traffic, I am looking at potholes , they are everywhere. We don't have the roads for a road bike.

I love riding hybrid... I also give my self excuses as to why people on road bikes are much faster than me

If you can only have one hybrid every time it can do anything a road bike can do and more touring yep go to the shops yep putting in Training miles comfortably yep commuting to work hell yeah light gravel no problems.

I always stick to Hybrids , sometimes you cycle faster knowing a piece of glass won't pop your tire.

Very helpful video, than you.

The biggest difference: spandex on a hybrid looks even more rediculous

You 1st country people really dont know what hybrid means.
An hybrid bike is a rigid mtb with thin tyres, high seat post position, low STRAIGHT handlebar position and the most important thing: 3 plates (42-36-24) and a road cassette.
THIS is what a hybrid bike is.
Not that BS brands sell to you.
Those are huge ugly commute bikes.

get one of each, problem solved.

Road bikes are much more dangerous since your head is leaned in forward. Road bikes are actually garbage on sidewalks so you have to choose between getting wacked by a semi or running through grass/dirt.

Sell your car and get a UL certified E-bike.

I just don't understand why gravel bikes are so damned expensive I can buy a hybrid bike with a carbon fork and high quality aluminum frame with better components at half the price point of an entry-level gravel bike.

Is frame size more adjustable for a hybrid bike as compared to a road bike?

A CGR shoudl be better than a gravel as jack of all trades

Im on a 11,6kg hybrid. Carbonfiber fork and hydralic brakes, its awesome and upright position. Goes quick and silent. Racer would be even quicker, but less comfort.

Do they make Road bikes with Gravel/Hybrid tires?

Could you recommend a good hybrid bike for under £1000 ?

Hybrid bikes are not all aluminum or steel. I am looking at Trek and Specialized hybrids that are carbon fiber. You can get hybrid bikes that are quite sporty. I actually don't know why you would get a drop bar bike unless you were racing. And gravel bikes are really derivative compared to a hybrid.

want cheap gravel bike , just buy a hibrid and install drop bars ,

Alu-minum

If you like wearing lycra and want other men to look at your bulge - get a road bike.

If you want a bike for most situations get a hybrid.

You're welcome

There are carbon fibre hybrid/flat-bar bikes from Trek and Giant. Also the tyre width is not a determining factor because you may always change it with a narrower one.

Wish it had an outside indicator for when full