About bikes in Russia

There is an interesting situation with about bikes in Russia. Many of bike users buy mountain bikes (MTB).
From time to time I met people with MTB and ask them, “why did you bought buy MTB?”, “How do you plan to use it?”, “do you plan to ride cross country or on* trails?” (* Note: the "on" is not entirely necessary here, but most English-speaking people would put it in).
Often they say things like, “I plan to ride my/the bike in the park on the weekends”, or “I plan to ride to work(college, stores, etc …)”.
In my opinion, there is no meaning reason to use MTB for these reason purpose. MTB is a sport device. They have aggressive geometry, they are light, sturdy, have hi-quality transmission and brakes, and they are expensive.
People explain their choice, “There are bad condition of roads road conditions in Russia”. But they don’t understand for what conditions of road road conditions and a loads MTB was created for.

In reality, majority so called MTB are - All Terrain bike (ATB) which only looks like MTB. But ATB also are more expensive that city bikes. And, in my opinion, they are more than enough for common bike user too.

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All in all, very well done.