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Originally Posted by Z K
If you want to ride off road or do some hiking/mountain trails on a bike, you should look into a mountain bike. One with front suspension will be fine for riding on the road, no need for full suspension unless you're going over some seriously large rocks. With the flat bars and upright seating position, it's comfortable for longer distances. Plus the suspension will smooth things out.
The two main categories are mountain bikes and road bikes. The ones in between are generally not so great because of compromises.
Any worthwhile bike should cost more than $500 so most things below that are not worth considering unless you're looking for a disposable toy.
Brands don't make much of a difference in entry level bikes... they are all very similar with the same components. When you go past $1000 for a bike, there is more differentiation between brands.
As others have said .. go test ride to see what you like.
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At no point did he state he was going to be riding over huge rocks and gnarly backwoods trails full of hazards. People widely under estimate the usefulness and versatility of cross bikes out of not knowing they even exist since on the surface they look like a normal road bike so it's not a category they're even aware to look for.
If he walks into a shop unsure of their intended use (like many do), he's going to get a shitty hybrid bike pushed on him that does nothing well since they always keep tons of those heaps on the floor.
A cross bike is perfect for mixed terrain, asphalt, gravel, mud... It does everything well with the right tire all the way up to rugged mountain/trail terrain (at which point there's a specific bike that only does that and only that well)
Here's a random cx race video on YouTube to showcase the versatility I speak of