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Getting your first bike

Cycling is a game of eventual specialization where each bike aims to maximize wattage in their specific field.

When you’re getting started though, doesn’t that provide kind of a catch 22? Rule of thumb for your first bike:

Get a hybrid mountain/road bike or a gravel bike. This will let you experience both sides to some degree and figure out if you’re a road hog or an off-road trailer.

When Upgrading

After you figure out what you like, there are divergent paths for each specialty. Let’s talk about them, what defines them, and what to look for in an upgrade

Specialties

Bike specialties come from a mix of terrain and stresses on the bike from those terrains.

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