MollieTheMare
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MollieTheMare
5d ago
I basically only ride a hard-tail 29r XC MTB on local trails now. It's at the level of cheapest bike that I do not consider a piece of shit. For where I live, the best combo of: low maintenance, getting out and exploring a bit, and not risking being killed by a motor vehicle. It's also cheap enough I don't feel compelled to baby it.
I have an old road bike that needs a bit of work, and an oooold road bike that needs a lot of work.
In my ideal setup I would live somewhere where there are miles and miles of open road and good bike infrastructure in the city. In that case, my imagined lineup would be:
- E-cargo bike, for beer runs or taking the kids to the park
- Dutch style city bike for the café run
- Decent road bike for group rides
- Gravel bike for shit weather or shit roads
- Hard-tail for XC
- Full-squish for the trail
- Touring bike, Ti or steel with couplers, so you could break it down and fit it in a suitcase. You can never get a rental to fit exactly right. I do want to do some more of the major international cycle routs some day.
If someone just wanted "a bike," the suggestion would depend on location. But assuming generic suburban US middle age adult, an alloy hard-tail 29r XC MTB for local trails is probably the most accessible "real" biking. E-bike for those over the age of 70 with money.
Borrowing a bunch of bikes was a great idea, and sounds like fun.
I think I've mentioned here before, the number of bikes you'll want is N+1, where N is the number of bike you currently own. The optimal number to in fact own is M - 1, where M is the number of bikes where your spouse threatens to divorce you.
There is in fact an entire youtube channel that is at lest 50% dedicated to roasting Cannondale's Bottom Bracket system BB30. What a world we live in where such a hyper niche topic can have 120K subs.
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