| Bicycles are available in a number of distinctly different | | | | comfortable cycle for distance riding. |
| styles, so before you buy one you should have in mind | | | | Road/Racing Bikes. This bike is the ideal choice for the |
| the types of cycling you plan to do, as this will | | | | biker looking for speed and maneuverability. It is |
| determine which model you finally buy. | | | | lightweight with drop handlebars, has no mudguards |
| BMX Bikes. The BMX (Bicycle Moto Cross) bikes, | | | | and uses thin tires that are filled with enough air to |
| which were originally designed to replace the | | | | produce extra pressure. Riders of racing cycles can |
| motorbike on the Moto-Cross circuit, are a single-gear | | | | hunker down on the drop handlebars and thus |
| style with a small frame and wheels. These solid, | | | | experience less wind wind resistance. These cycles |
| reliable bicycles were ideal for the performance-style | | | | feature numerous gears that allow the biker to choose |
| stunts of Moto-Cross, and with only one gear they | | | | the appropriate gear for the various road conditions. If |
| didn't need the same level of maintenance required by | | | | you're a sport cyclist who rides on good roads and |
| multiple-gear bikes. By no means are they a | | | | values speed over comfort, this is the cycle for you. |