http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: A riddle..... en Thu, 02 Jul 2026 12:18:35 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11106#post-124565 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 18:12:22 +0000 crowriver 124565@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>generally making it resemble something like a rigid mountain bike with 700c wheels</em></p> <p>You mean a "29er"? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11106#post-124503 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 11:02:41 +0000 amir 124503@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cafe racer sounds good. First one to get the scones before they run out. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11106#post-124499 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 10:29:43 +0000 kaputnik 124499@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>650s seem quite popular with US Randonneuring bikes aimed at women. I guess the literal translation would be "Audax bike" but actually they seem more like what used to be called a "Cafe Racer" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11106#post-124477 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 00:22:11 +0000 allebong 124477@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Gravel bike?</em></p> <p>Ding ding! Congratulations. Your prize is a moan from me.</p> <p>In the words of BikesnobNYC, the difference between a CX bike and a gravel bike is 'a skinsuit and buying another bike you don't need'.</p> <p>Now, lest you doubt me, I am not questioning the ironclad logic of n+1. I am noting that with gravel racing being on the rise (allegedly) we should all prepare for an onslaught of marketing designed to convince us we need a dedicated gravel racing bike. And of course a dedicated gravel non-racing bike, and a CX bike for CX. Any notion that all three of those bikes are so similar you only need one is of course foolish.</p> <p>Me, I remember long ago (ie the late 90s) when it was road bikes or mountain bikes only.</p> <p>Bonus assignment: Go onto any mtb related site, especially one focused on downhill, and make a thread promoting the benefits of the 650b wheel size. You may wish to borrow fireproof clothing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11106#post-124476 Tue, 10 Sep 2013 23:52:47 +0000 crowriver 124476@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What you have described is a hybrid. Except presumably with drop bars instead of straight/riser bars.</p> <p>CX bikes are very specific. Many bikes sold as 'cross' bikes are really commuter hybrids. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11106#post-124475 Tue, 10 Sep 2013 23:46:43 +0000 Cyclingmollie 124475@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Gravel bike? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11106#post-124473 Tue, 10 Sep 2013 23:09:15 +0000 allebong 124473@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Tourer is actually a very good attempt based on the description. Not quite what I was thinking of though.</p> <p>This is a type of bicycle that has come into existence in as best as I can tell the past year. It's not even that the particular configuration of this type of bike has never existed until then. In fact, if I showed you a picture of this type of bike, and then a cyclocross bike, you would swear they were the same thing. However, consider yourself in the point of view of a bike manufacturer. Instead of selling one measly CX bike to a customer, which they can use on pretty much any surface, you can boost <strike>your big fat profits</strike> the economy by selling the customer a second bike as well. The difficulty is in making this second bike distinct from a CX bike even though it is in fact a CX bike by all sane reasoning. It has been achieved however. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11106#post-124469 Tue, 10 Sep 2013 22:13:26 +0000 RJ 124469@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Some tourers would fit that description </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11106#post-124468 Tue, 10 Sep 2013 21:52:13 +0000 EddieD 124468@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's a bike.</p> <p>No matter what we buy it for, it ends up being a bike^w cycle. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11106#post-124466 Tue, 10 Sep 2013 21:02:01 +0000 Uberuce 124466@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We are all yoked by the tyranny of the discontinuous mind. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11106#post-124465 Tue, 10 Sep 2013 19:06:46 +0000 allebong 124465@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>....Or, because there's not enough subcategories of cycling already.</p> <p>Imagine a road bike. Be it carbon, aluminium or even oldschool steel, we all know what one looks like.</p> <p>Now imagine beefing up the frame somewhat, slackening the head angle, lowering the gearing and generally making it resemble something like a rigid mountain bike with 700c wheels.</p> <p>Now add space for wider knobbly tyres, lots of mud clearance and maybe rack/mudguard eyes if not already present.</p> <p>To what category does this bike belong if it is <strong>not</strong> cyclocross? </p>