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I really like this type of bike. Flat bars on what is essentially a road bike with a little bit of a longer chain stay for more stability and touring capabilities, and most now come with disk brakes. Lots of mounting points for anything you need such as racks, bottle cages and fenders. They usually can be found for good prices with nice value mix and match group sets such as Altus and alivio. The flat bars give you options as brakes and shift levers are usually delegate so you can replace and upgrade them independent of one another. I bought a bike like this a few years ago and loved it. The frame was a little scratched so I was able to get 200 dollars off Msrp. It has a thru axel on the front, and a mix and match groupset of alivio and Altus which has been perfect. It came with durable alloy wellgo pedals a nice saddle. The only problems were some weak Shimano brakes, mediocre tires and weird grips. I had a bad experience with fade on the stock brakes so I switched them out for Shimano mt500 2 piston with metallic pads and ice tech rotors. And swapped the grips for Esau foam grips. Once a wire through the stock tires I switched to 32mm gatorskins and now recently shifted to 35mm gravel king sk because of my tendency to search for gravel and single track on weekends. The bike works great for commuting during the week and fun adventure type rides on the weekend. It has my own personal touch and I could not be happier. I would say that for much of the market this type of bike can satisfy the needs and wants of many riders.
Great type of bikes!
I have trek 7.4 fx 2013.
Fast, reliable, comfortable.
And I switched handlebars after a road accident.
Bullhorn bars made this bike even better, in my opinion
My riding buddies all use drop bar road bikes, and I was using an old ridged mountain bike. I was able to keep up due to strength and age being on my side, but it was a workout. I tried the drop bars and I despised them with a passion, so when a used Giant Rapid 3 'Fitness' bike showed up on Marketplace I jumped on it. So far I've completed a 104 mile Century Ride, and tackled the steepest climb in Florida called Sugarloaf Mountain on this beast. Only thing I see different from a dedicated road bike is the flat bars and due to them a more upright seating position.
My hands cant take pressure. If I buy a bike for all day comfort I have to get off in a couple of miles because my hands hurt too much.
I'm getting a Dutch upright to take the pressure off. if I need speed, I'll look for a good recumbent.
A bike that suits you is better for fitness than a "fitness bike" that you can't stand to ride.
You can find aluminium framed bikes with composite front forks in the 600 to 800 dollar range,like the diamondback metric 3 that I bought yesterday.
my type of favourite bike ever. Flat bars, 1X, super wide gear range, etc, things that even most gravel bikes miss nowadays. I got a Canyon Pathlite 6 (2022 model) and I plan on getting a Canyon Roadlite 6 (2023 model, the most beautiful bike I've ever seen).
To me they are the perfect bikes (nimbleness of a road bike and huge easy gearing of a MTB). The Canyon Roadlite 6 is 1X, 46T chainring and 12 gears 10-51T cassette. This is my dream bike and I plan to get it on 2025. Still, I decided to write 'cos I think the review link of the Roadlite is from a 2020 model, and it is a 2X drivetrain, compared to the 1X 2023 Roadlite 6 and maybe the rider position is not that aggressive now? Cheers, and a big tyre clearance. So it's faster than my road bike (a 48-34T 11-34T 2X bike, 48T-11T max speed is less than the 46-10T max speed of the Roadlite 6). I also have a 3X MTB 22-30-40 11-34T and at 46-51T the Roadlite 6 is mostly equivalent to the 30-34T gear of my MTB (middle chain ring and largest sprocket).
The Canyon Pathlite 6 (2022 model), which I have, is my favourite bike at home by far. It's a fitness bike, 1X 36T chainring The Canyon Roadlite 6 is 1X, 46T chainring and 12 gears 10-51T cassette, a pretty decent fork, up to 50mm tyre clearance and it's also gorgeous. For the hilly and very wet weather place like the one where I live, you can climb basically anything with it and it has 40mm tyres, which imho is like my ideal range (from 35mm to 40mm, even up to 45mm).
Fitness, cross and trekking bikes all look amazingly alike, except for the fenders.
I didn't even know it was a specific category. To me, a fitness bike is the one you ride, and fitness is an after effect rather than the specific point of the design.
If you get a good all-weather town bike and ride it on your errands, you'll get fit. If you buy a "fitness bike" and leave it in the corner of the living room until you have time to get fit, it'll collect a lot of dust.
Brilliant. Finally a TH-camr who doesn't beg for subs and likes. Two thumbs up!
Isn't every bike a fitness bike? Any type of bike, as long as you ride it regularly, will make you fit.
Ideally, you would think that. But I learned so far, by doing my research. That there are bikes out there that just cater to cycling. Like some “fixed”
Bikes. Which most “fixed” bikes are made cheaply and to appeal to the eye. For those who don’t know anything about bikes. So in other words. Some bikes you wouldn’t make it far enough to get a good “workout” in, if the bike isn’t conducive for the rider.
I like fitness bike since it fast like a sports bike and has the straight handbar
Its just a term bro. It means a hybrid bike.
Cannondale Quick series fitness bikes are a great light weight training bike imo.
I own a 2017 Quick4 and it's an excellent bike. Of course i upgraded some parts through time and made it even better 👍 .
That looks like a very nice fitness bike. Those are very nice, value-targetted components. It even has the Sora crankset; as you have noted before, that's where bike manufacturers tend to cut costs. Those look like Shimano MT200 brakes. Those are GREAT brakes for the money.
Ex-bike messenger. When i started off i was all about roadies, learned they're horribly uncomfortable and impractical. Went to fixie, simple, fun but i hope you don't climb any hills. Finally, i got a Cannondale Bad Boy and i realized that a bike w decent tire clearance for 32s, fenders and flat risers was the ideal setup for all sorts of conditions from city to unpaved trails.
The funny thing is, it's just a more modern version of the old 26" road bikes with 3 speed internal hubs. That was pretty close to perfect for a bicycle way back in the 50s.
I prefer flat bar road bikes myself. Never did like drops, with glasses, it distort vision too much
If fitness is the goal then wouldn't heavier be better? if not they should change the category name to fast commuter/city bike. For me a full suspension short travel older XC bike with the fattest slicks you can fit, is my idea of a perfect comfy city bike, which still allows for some aggressive riding when the mood hits you.
Rick C Spot on!
It's a marketing thing, those are casual flat bar road bikes, calling them fitness bikes is silly because every bike you can pedal is a fitness bike
Psychologically I think people using cycling for fitness need to be able to achieve something every time they ride. If using a heavy bike, assuming they are not fit (that would include me), too much difficulty in the first few “workout” rides could be counter productive and cause people to leave the bike in the garage. The intensity using a lighter bike can be stepped up gradually by using the gears to alter resistance.
So, well, it's agravel bike, but with flat bars 😜
BTW, I too think a front rigid fork is wayyy better when you ride mostly on tarmac. Suspension forks cost more, weight more, need extra care and maintenance, and will eventually need to be replaced.
The bobbing is unbearable
@@mahmam3128 It sure can be. Thus the importance of knowning where you'll ride most. Makes no sense to use a rigid fork for rocky trails. But makes no sense to use a more expensive/heavy suspension fork if you mostly ride on smooth roads. Go for the right tool :)
These are the bikes I'm interested in right now. Drop bars do not suit me and I already have a mountain bike for the trails. I need a light fast flat bar road bike with tyres about 700x35c and good gearing for hill climbing.
@Bobbie Tuggboat Thanks for the tip. Those bikes look the business and there are a lot of Giant dealers around. Not sure if I could still get a new 2018 model but I will ask.
@@josephryan5949 the slr3 is good if you want something a bit cheaper
I bought myself a shitty cheap 2009 trek fx hybrid, swapped it to single speed, put on some cross 700x35c tyres and now it's a perfect sscx bike with 90s rigid mtbs geometry, that didn't blow up my wallet)
That fitness bike in the UK I would call that bike or type of bike a ‘Hybrid’ 🤔🙂
Never heard the term, fitness bike before.
Hybrid is made with MTB parts right, fitness with road bike parts, thats how it has been explained to me.
To add to that, you have road bike parts that allow you to go fast on a light bike, but you have upright cycling position where you take maximal wind resistance, so in a sense you can see where the "fitness" term might come from.
I was under the impression fitness bike is a road bike with flat bar. Non tarmac road bike is on different scale. That is how I catagorise it. I'm a bicycle newbie just started riding and looking for my next bike.
Exactly. It's a flat bar road bike. Just took 3 minutes to drag it out.
Almost. A significant difference will also be the geometry. A fitness bike will resemble a road bike with a straight bar but your positioning will most likely be more relaxed and upright on the fitness bike and the components will most likely be more for comfort rather than speed.
distinguish the bike by the dimensions is the best way understand the diff. Type of bike
how about hybrid bikes?
I think fitness bikes are, in fact, hybrids.
I used to do 10-km runs 6 times a week for almost 10 years. My back and sole won't allow me to do that now. So I've just gotten down to biking as a replacement. Alas, I was told that biking is bad for the prostate. I'm middle age now so prostate health is important to me. Can someone please advise me, give me some perspective - is biking really bad for the prostate?
Global Cycling Network did an in-depth analysis on this very subject. According to them, the answer is no. They didn't claim their conclusions were definitive but strongly suggest the adverse affects are largely a myth. But you can check out the vid if you want and make your own conclusions. You can find it by searching the title "Cycling Is Not Bad For Men's Health." I'd say at the very least, the right saddle is important, as well as some padded cycling shorts if you have concerns. Those will definitely help.
Personal experience: Correct saddle position is paramount to prostate health. I’ve suffered from prostatitis for about 1 year because my saddle wasn’t actually supporting my sit bones, only my perineal region. By playing around with saddle adjustment, I could rectify this problem. The most important thing for prostate health in the long run is that you should put your weight only on the sit bones, and not the perineum. A saddle with a cut-out certainly helps in my experience. I’m having no problems at all now. I second the GCN video recommendation too.
@@ferencvarju651
Thank so much for sharing your experience and for your prompt advice. By cut-out, I presume you're referring to saddles which are split down the centre?
@@madcapper6
Thanks much for the GCN tip....will certainly have a look at it. Greatly appreciated.
@@magosdominus4027
Super! I'd just asked @Ferenc Varju if this was the saddle he meant by "cut-out". I'd been wondering if this would help. Thanks again!
I liked my fitness bike a lot, but switched to race bike after serveral 100 km. I had serious problems with my hands after long rides because of the flat bar. But i could not simply swap the bar because the frame was to long for that. Of course the race bike feels different, but you get used too very fast, from my point of view. I don't regret my decision, problems are gone plus i ride tiny bit faster with the same afford.
I was going for the fitness bike because of the more upright position, but now i would say my hands created more problems on the flat bar than my back on the race bike. After 120 km i had some tiny problems with my neck so far. Overall the race bike is the better choice... for me ... ppl are different
Which bike is better in the shoulders? Fitness or road bike with the different hand positions?
@@JitinMisra I only had little problems with heavy backpack, but that wasn, t because of the bike itself
@@jomei36 so you are saying fitness bike is fine for shoulders without backpack?
@@JitinMisra should be ok. I never had problems without backpack in my shoulders. But heavy pain in my wrist even without backpack on longer distances. As I already wrote people are different, maybe it isn't a problem for you
Fitness bike ?? looks exactly just like a hybrid bike. Correct me if I'm wrong.
It's on the spectrum.
Fitness bikes vary from "hybrid bikes with no front suspension fork" to "road bike with flat handlebars", and everything inbetween.
Any good good suggestions on a first time buyer just trying to slim down and change my diet live healthier etc I'm not rich either but not trying to buy a bucket lol and where can I get one
@@Geo-818 you can get the trek fx 1,2,3. I would buy the 3 to start out. Later on you can buy a road bike if you like cycling a lot.
So instead of buying new gravel/xc bike, how about fitting drop bar on fitness bike? Could I salvage derailleurs from old setup, what to do with brakes?
There is nothing amateur about a fitness bike. It's may purpose is speed and adaptability. On and off road
I thought cyclocross bike was a drop bar rigid bike with a high bottom bracket & clearance for 38mm tires.
I'd get a fitness bike but I'd have trouble fit-n-ess bike in my house
what is a cross bike? Is it same as cyclocross (but it does not have a flat bar)?
My Giant hardtail is my best fitness bike. Chicago is my single track to shed lbs. lol
Fantastic..! 👍 what type of Shimano groupset for fitness bike and trekking bike?
Tiagra, with flatbar shifters, or Acera or altus.
Could you explane bikefit, is it similar to racebike?
should tell how many inch the wheel also
need improvement
Which Kellys model is this one ?
Can anyone tell me the make of those mudguards/fenders?
Where can u find this exercise bike?
Can you buy this bike in the USA?
Need suggestion which is better? aerobike or light weight bike for all rounder use? my route kind of mix flat and hill road.. average distance ride is 30km-70km
Any bike can be just a fitness bike. Buy a bike for 10$ put a lot of power and hours in boom you burned calories
You can just turn your fitness bike to road bike by jsut changing the handlebar and the shifters right ?
Yeah and you may need to change your cables/housings if the lengths don't work. To be honest it's not worth it. Brifters are pretty pricey.
rated89 are these decent bikes to start with? many riding gravel / paved trails. not sure if this or a street bike is what i need
It's a bad idea, you are going to end up with way too much reach and if you go with a size smaller, you will end up with a silly looking bike with to short of a seat tube, also compatibility is awful, so don't even bother
@@thegraffboy123 they technically are the best bikes out there for the average person, they are light, fast, comfortable, you can put fenders and racks and they are quite affordable, also way better braking leverage than a road bike
even cheap forks come with stiffness adjustment and lockout these days. its better than no suspension fork really and my bike was $610 canadian rubles lol a little weight, so what. dont be a weight weenie. weight helps you strength train. even if your bike is cheap steel bike thats good, you want to fight a little weight for strength/fitness. all this crying about weight is kind of nonsense.
To be honest even a good suspension fork is useless on the road so why bother
@@mahmam3128 if you have heavenly roads
@@guyva_unito_sree3 well I ride giant escape on 35c tyres on bad tarmac/concrete in Bangkok and it's doing a decent job. An mtb would feel better but slow rides in tropical weather? No thanks. For evenings only maybe 😁
@@guyva_unito_sree3 if we are talking about skinny 25 tyres yes, hybrid tyres between 35and 44 are good enough for bad roads
Fitness Bike is for people that don't understand that a road bike is more comfortable.
but many of us prefer to have the shifters and brake levers close to hand and also a more upright stance especially if we have back or neck issues.
No it's not
@@josephryan5949 it's like bad backs don't exist in some people world
Man why the genre of bg music is not Rock?