On 5/2/07, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A hybrid / fitness bike might be better for your needs. I don't know > that a road bike would be very happy pulling a trailer, but a hybrid > is a pretty good all-rounder. > > An effective daily workout on a bike is going to involve quite a lot > of miles - about 15-20 per workout, I should think. You'll need a > track or a country road with no traffic lights.
You're right, Bob. The problem is that cycling is so very efficient. One must go about 4 to 5 times the distance of running to get an equivalent workout, so if one does 15 to 20 miles, that would be like, er... uh... Well, you can do the math... ;-) Hard to say if a roadbike or a hybrid would be better. My personal preference would be a road bike; the uncomfortable position is much more efficient, so one can ride farther and harder with less effort. One soon gets used to the "uncomfortable" position and skinny hard saddle. OTOH, if a trailer is being considered, a hybrid would be a much stronger platform from which to pull it, and the braking system might be stronger, too. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
