Originally Posted by
qmsdc15
Tourist, folder. Those aren't hybrids and you know it.
hybrid: anything of mixed origin, unlike parts
The Raleigh Twenty was designed as the folding version of the shopper, an upright bike designed for handling everything the urban landscape could throw at it.
It is a comfort bike with smaller wheels.
Originally fitted with a chain guard, fenders, and an internal gear hub it was well suited for running in the wettest weather aside from the fact their braking was very poor.
My Twenty is no longer an upright bicycle as it has been hybridized with road bars and brakes, the wheels are some robust bmx wheels with a fixed drive, the smaller stock crank was replaced with a lighter road crank, and the brake is also from a bmx.
Despite the changes it has seen it is still an excellent urban bike that now has greater capabilities when it comes to riding longer distances.
It is also a fixed gear and a most capable day tourer and followed the same evolutionary process as my Kuwahara mountain bike in that it was adapted to better suit the needs of it's owner.