Road type and planned uses
Tue, 04/03/2007 - 18:51 | 
admin
On what type of road will you primarily ride?
- City / asphalt
- Compacted sand
- Gravel
- Mud
What will you use your bicycle for?
- For fun
- To train my self and get in better shape
- To go to work
- To travel long distances / do camping trips
- To go where no man has goon before!
These two questions tell you the type of bicycle that is best suited for your needs, regardless of its price.
| City / asphalt | Compacted sand | Gravel | Mud | |
| For fun | Road Hybrid |
Hybrid | MTB | MTB |
| Go to work |
Road |
Hybrid | MTB | X |
| Travel long distances / do camping trips | Road Hybrid |
Hybrid | MTB | X |
| Training | Race | Hybrid | MTB | MTB |
| To go where no man has goon before! | X | MTB | MTB | MTB |
X denotes cases that are not applicable.
When your cycling habits correspond to more than one column and / or row, pick the lowest row and the rightmost column ( the worst case ). Usually, if a given condition is to account for less than 10% of your cycling time, you can ignore that case.
