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Trekking Bicycle
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This seems to me to be basically a bit of marketing hype. "Trekking" bikes are basically indistinguishable from 700c "hybrids" except that they come with a lot of accessories that are not stock on a hybrid, such as fenders, racks and generator lighting systems.
Another way of looking at it is that a trekking bike (or a hybrid for that matter) is basically a touring bike with upright handlebars instead of drops.
Although the word "trek" is of Afrikaans origin, meaning a long painful journey on foot or by oxcart, I believe the term "trekking" bike originated in Germany in the 1980s.
