Riding to work – for fitness, to lose weight, save on travel costs. The bike must be reliable and not too heavy.

Longer distance point to point riding with pannier racks – with a group or alone. The bike will need to be strong, reliable and easy to ride.

Riding with the intention of increasing your fitness, elevating your heart rate, losing weight, going faster than recreational riding and seeing improvement in the way you look and feel. The bike must be easy to ride and not too heavy.

Mass rides eg Around the Bay in a Day, Triathlons, Mountain Bike Races, Road Racing. The bike will need to be built for speed.

Riding to achieve a set goal – could be to lose weight, prepare for a mass participation ride, a competitive event, a triathlon, that mountain you want to conquer.

The bike will need to be lighter and faster to encourage a quicker pace.