List of bicycle types

The bike type is a special construction of a bicycle is called. A type mapping is not always clear. It is distinguished by two typings:

• After the frame is divided into city bikes, hybrid bike, mountain bike, touring bike, road bike and triathlon bike
• After the main type of use is in everyday bikes, bicycles distinguished for athletic use, military bicycles and other types of bicycles. At this typing this article is based.

Everyday bikes

• Touring: Also referred to as urban or city bike. Name for a heavier wheel, often without gears (special form: Dutch bike )
• Hybrid bike, also All Terrain Bike ( ATB), and Cross ( Cyclocross ) and Fitness Bike Bicycle with most 28- inch wheels. In geometry, construction and equipment, these types are largely identical to the road bike. In most cases, it is equipped with a chain circuit having three chainrings. The tires are wider than road bike tires, as opposed to the road bike to travel on unpaved roads is still possible without major problems. These bikes can be equipped with one or more racks that allow the reliable attachment of panniers, so that the driver can carry sufficient luggage on longer bike rides or cycling holidays. Trekking bikes are unlike touring bikes while designed for a small luggage load, the boundary between these two types of bicycle is smooth.

Bicycles mainly for cycling

• Racing or road racing machine (27 inches with tubular tires, recently isolated and 28-inch clincher )
• Time trial bike: Time trial bikes are particularly aerodynamic racing wheels with great translation for speed contests on the road ( 24-28 inches). As the technical development of the bicycle art from the world governing body UCI is largely prevented, to road bikes are now virtually on the technical levels of the late 1970s. Only with time trial bikes, some modifications are allowed - but by no means all that is already manufactured by the industry partly in large series. Since the driver can not use a slipstream of other racers, one is anxious to build this type of racing wheels so that as little wind resistance arises. At the rear is disc wheels have been established.
• Track Cycling: track bikes are racing bikes without brakes, gears and free wheel for track racing (27 inches). They often have a shorter wheelbase than other road bikes. For security reasons, they have a rigid rear hub. These causes must be mitgetreten while driving permanently. The form of time travel machine is compulsory for competitions and largely corresponds to the technical status of the bicycle, with the Eddy Merckx in 1972 set the hour record of 49.432 kilometers. Disc- wheels are standard and approved, but not exclusively used. As tires find 27 inch Tubular preferred use because clincher can not be so well inflated, as for the loads on the railway needed.
• Kriteriumsrad: This particular species is no longer in general use today. Due to the many curves at a higher bottom bracket criterion race and / or shorter cranks is required. Most of these lap races in the city only a shorter crankset (165 mm instead of 175 mm) is grown. Because of their higher lateral loads due to frequent cross layers and frequent sprinting spokes are inserted those with 1.8 mm mean diameter, like instead of the usual 2,0-1,6-2,0 mm DD. Pedals are chosen so that the feet are as high as possible about the pedal axis. As tires find 27 inch Tubular preferred use.
• Steherrad: big translated track bike for riding in the slipstream of motorcycles on the track (27 inches). Stayers wheels have a very short wheelbase and a higher bottom bracket than normal road bikes. Thus, the cyclist can ride as close to the wind shadow imaging motorcycle zoom, the front wheel with 14 inch offset smaller and backwards. Nevertheless, to ensure the necessary for stable performance follow-up, the fork is bent backwards.
• Triathlon: the time trial bike similar especially designed for high aerodynamic, usually 28 inches. On the other requirements in triathlon by the subsequent run / marathon adapted geometry. In particular, the less strict rules in triathlon (compared to the UCI) allow a special adaptation of this bike type (eg aerodynamic tube profiles, steeper seat tube angle)
• Mountain bike, MTB short: robust wheel for rough terrain. The wheel size was initially almost exclusively 26 inches, now also 27.5 and 29 inches are common. The term mountain spans several subcategories for different purposes. Technical developments for mountain bikes were partially transferred to other types of bicycles. Examples are everyday bikes with suspension forks, balloon tires, and disc brakes.
• Trial Bike: special wheel for overcoming challenging obstacle courses, see Trial (Sport), 20 or 26 inches
• Radballrad: for sports Radball and bicycle polo
• Kunstrad: for the sport of cycling art
• Speed ​​Bike: special wheel for ski slopes
• BMX bike: kleinrädriges wheel originally for cross racing and trial

Bicycles with predominantly military use

• Detector bicycle (also reporting bicycle called ) is used for non-motorized, almost noiseless move a detector.
• Military bike (Sweden) The Swedish military bike (Swedish: militärcykel ) or Swedish army bicycle was used by the Swedish military for over a century.
• Ordonnanzrad 05 was designed specifically for the bicycle troops of the Swiss Army service bicycle.
• Troops Bicycle different design was used in the course of military history of units of various countries.
• Tunic a traditional variant of the Austrian Armed Forces.

Other types of bikes

• Touring bike: Tour Suitable wheel with gearshift, multiple racks, a long wheelbase and relatively heavy construction
• Cavallo: A bike similar vehicle propelled by a four-bar linkage
• Conference Bike: bike for 7 people sitting at a table as arranged in a circle
• Cruiser (English for Cruisers ) is a type of bike from the early 50s. There are bikes with long-acting frame with curved shape and large handlebar Harley style. They are simply furnished and very heavy.
• Tricycle: Disabled as bicycle, rickshaw, or as a variant of the recumbent
• Unicycle: wheel with crank and saddle, which trains the sense of balance
• Called a bicycle- like, stationary sports equipment, including bicycle ergometer: keep- wheel
• Folding bike folding bike or: foldable or collapsible wheel each category.

• Pedicab: bike to passenger transport.
• Eingangrad: bicycle without gears
• Fixie Bicycle with rigid hub without gears or freewheel, pedals and wheels are in constant communication ( "fixed gear" ). Brake does not have the classic fixie and thus is not street legal. The speed is regulated exclusively by the cadence. The type of wheel is originally from the track cycling, but has also found as a courier - wheel distribution.
• Dutch bike: Bike Dutch design with an upright seating position of the driver
• Hydrobike: a type of bicycle on the water
• Last bike: 2 - or 3 -wheeled version for post, bike couriers, etc.
• Recumbent: used with a low center seat with backrest and front -mounted cranks, also for speed racing
• Lowrider: particularly low bicycle
• Pedersen bicycle mounted consisting of thin tubes, the saddle is on a belt, also called hammock saddle
• Rickshaw: mostly three-wheeler, bike - taxi for the passenger transport
• Tandem: a bicycle for two consecutively
• Nebeneinandem: a bicycle for two people side by side
• Sesselrad: seat position as in " chair"
• Velomobile: recumbent tricycle with body
• Tallbike: a special form of Hochrads
• Fun bikes ( Freak bikes, bicycles circus, carnival bikes) with special properties, such as Swing bikes with additional joint in the frame.

Bicycles with auxiliary drive

• E-Bike: An electric motor can (usually by turning handle ) are joined. An electric bike is considered in Germany as a motor vehicle, in Switzerland as a bicycle.
• E- mobile
• Electric bicycle
• Moped
• Pedelec: An electric motor turns to sit while pedaling. Without pedaling, the electric motor must not give power. A pedelec applicable in Germany as a bicycle.
• Velo Solex
• Two-wheeled vehicle with front wheel drive