munkey_bwy
Retro Guru
Even at nearly 50, i still love to get out into the country and enjoy being able to say to myself....yup i climbed that or i did that distance.
i get the ease of just going to a trail centre and riding purely off road, but it takes away the pleasure of the great outdoors to me.
I think gravel bikes are a great development & fat bikes. once the marketing hype is all past and the designs settle you can see the reasoning behind the geometries. 71 / 73 degrees works extremely well on most gradients and terrains. low and slack is great for steep and jump laden trail centre riding.
Another thing that really bugs me is the obsession with taking a shovel to every loamy woodland. when we all started riding we were taught to respect the wild places not turn every thing into a berm and destroy the top layer.
i get the ease of just going to a trail centre and riding purely off road, but it takes away the pleasure of the great outdoors to me.
I think gravel bikes are a great development & fat bikes. once the marketing hype is all past and the designs settle you can see the reasoning behind the geometries. 71 / 73 degrees works extremely well on most gradients and terrains. low and slack is great for steep and jump laden trail centre riding.
Another thing that really bugs me is the obsession with taking a shovel to every loamy woodland. when we all started riding we were taught to respect the wild places not turn every thing into a berm and destroy the top layer.