A new bicycle can facilitate your life in a lot of ways and make it much more comfortable, but it can also become a disappointment in case you make a bad choice due to your lack of patience or absentmindedness. Therefore, there is no need to be hasty. Before purchasing a new bike, you must take into account various important aspects. Let us take a close look at them.
First of all, you should think about the style of your future bicycle and define the potential uses for it. Are you planning to use a bicycle to make ordinary daily trips from home to work and back or to explore rough terrain on holidays and vacations several times per year? Are you planning to use a bicycle to carry a lot of bags filled with groceries or to make physical exercises on days–off? You should select the style and brand of your future bicycle in reliance upon your current mode of life.
However, you don’t necessarily have to focus on such aspects as wheel size, type of trail, or tire tread. Instead of relying on such parameters, you can buy a foldable bicycle, which ensures fantastic portability.
If you are planning to use your future bicycle in rural settlements, villages, or forests, opt for fat tires. But if you do not want to take trips outside your city, the best choice for you is a regular road bicycle with slim tires, because it is much more suitable for smooth movement on carefully maintained city roads and sidewalks. It is also worth mentioning that those who like to take distant trips through mud, dirt, rocks, and pebbles should purchase the so called hybrid bicycles.
Furthermore, you must not disregard the frame material. If you need to load your bicycle into various public vehicles, e.g., buses, trolley–buses, or tramways, you should choose carbon or aluminum frame. If you are much more into taking trips in rural settlements or even in the mountainous areas, then your best choice is a steel frame.
Those who are planning to use a bicycle for daily commuting should definitely consider purchasing an electric bike equipped with a powerful engine and various special pedals, throttles, levers, and buttons. Not only is it significantly faster, but it can also help you carry a couple of rucksacks filled with fruit and vegetables. But you should take into account the fact that electric bicycles are much more expensive than manual ones.
