Road Bike Or Mountain Bike For Fitness
Cranks and seats are likely to be interchangeable.
Road bike or mountain bike for fitness. Road bike frames can t use many mountain bike brake assemblies which often rely on cantilever attachments welded to the frame for operation. Average power for the mountain bike effort was 220 watts while on the road it was 246w. The road bike compared to a mountain bike is a more efficient use of your energy. Energy is less wasted on a road bike due to the higher pressure tires with greater traction and a rigid frame.
Basically your are killing your aerodynamics in order to not kill your back and to have a better. Best thought of as the halfway point between a road bike and a mountain bike a hybrid takes the comfy riding position of a mountain bike and pairs it with a lighter frame and fast rolling wheels. Bottom brackets may be interchangeable but they also come in such a variety of sizes that finding a matching road bike frame could be difficult. Fitness bike are basically road bike were performance has been sacrificed to comfort.
These emphasize road bike like efficiency without the aggressive position with lightweight frames performance parts and narrow slick tires paired to flat handlebars for a more. A larger flat handlebar and a slightly more upright position. However there were a dramatic number of efforts above 300w off road while the road climb needed a much.