Talk:Bicycles/What style

"The ones with big shocks are cross-country mountain bikes." I don't understand what this is comparing XC bikes with. If "The ones with big shocks are cross-country mountain bikes." Then the other mnt bikes are the ones with really big shocks and the ones with really really big shocks. Maybe I'm not being as clear as I could. In my understanding, XC mnt bikes are the lightest weight modern mnt bikes, with the intended use being riding long distances over medium terrain, as opposed to all mountain, or down hill mountain bikes that are designed to go over rougher terrain, take bigger drops, (so have bigger travel shocks, more robust tubing, lower gear ratios, and are necessarily heavier) and are difficult to actually pedal places. --Keithonearth (talk) 19:31, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

This is a nice introduction and summary; however I think it overstates the case for recumbents and completely neglects the increasing interest and production of mixed use bikes, formerly called hybrids but increasingly referred to by names such as "urban", "city", or "street." Every major manufacturer, eg. Specialized, Trek, Giant, etc. has increasingly developed models in this category. None of these manufacturers make a recumbent.

Other types that deserve discussion utility/transport biking, and touring, just to pull a couple off the top of my head. Utility and transport in particular, rather than just the sporting and toy uses of bikes.