This website is a guide for how to choose/distinguish between common types of bicycles and their purposes.

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Provided by Gobiking.ca (cycling in Ottawa-Gatineau), much information is provided about various bicycle styles:

*Mountain, Hybrid* (comfort), *Hybrid* (performance/training), *Road* (relaxed geometry), *Road *(touring), *Cyclocross*, and *Road *(high performance/racing), *Additional information* about frame types and gears, speeds, and components.