In article ,
Duane Hébert wrote:

What do you actually mean by comfort bikes? Bents? Touring? Something
else?

Chalo already covered the formal definition, but I would say it applies
to a whole class of bikes that *would* be used for biking, if only the
people buying them were self-aware of their biking needs. Instead, much
like the way they pay for gym memberships at the start of the year and
end up not using them, they get the bike designed for the fit person
they *think* they'll be in 6 months. And bike shops have to survive on
that, so "comfort bikes" of all stripes don't get sold in anywhere
*near* the numbers they should.

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