![]() ![]() Their upright riding position and good brakes makes hybrids ideal for short trips round town. Discs have their issues too, but at least if you get the wheel into place, they work. I see an awful lot of bikes with very badly set-up rim brakes, and in particular V-brakes that are flapping around with the cable unconnected closing them is awkward and people just give up. Those are the big advantages of disc brakes, and there’s another bonus too. In the last few years, with compact chainsets dominating on road bikes, and disk brakes providing reliable, powerful and weatherproof stopping for mountain bikes, we’ve seen a new generation of hybrids develop: hybrid 2.0, if you like. Hybrids have long been the best-selling bike type in the UK, and they’ve developed along with changes in the bikes that supply their components. They appeared not long after mountain bikes became popular in the 1980s, providing riders who didn’t want to ride off-road with the other advantages of mountain bikes: upright position, powerful brakes, and wide gear range. The bikes known as hybrids combine road bike size 700C wheels with mountain bike brakes and gears. Triban RC500 Flat Bar Road Bike - £649.99. ![]() ![]() Welcome to the latest edition of ’s buyer's guide to the new-generation flat-bar bikes we call hybrid 2.0, in which you’ll find everything you need to know to find the right hybrid 2.0 for you, plus our pick of seven of the best hybrid 2.0 bikes. ![]()
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