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    2. @fabistar2000 on

      I grew up on the country side and riding a mountain bike was the norm for me until my early twenties. I used it on regular roads and off-road, mostly on gravel and dirt paths though. The last five years I live in an urban environment, so I got me a second bike, an urban bike which is light, has a straight handlebar as well and is ideal for commuting and everyday activities.

      I starting using my bike for commute again and now I want to do real biking stuff again. I want to start my bikepacking journey. But none of my bikes are ideal. I need something light and versatile which is suitable for long distance and bike packing. Something which I can use on gravel and dirt paths but is not annoying on road. I don't need to go off-road.

      However, I tried a gravel bike and it was just uncomfortable for me. I don't like the racing bike type of handle bar. I don't like how it makes me sit on the bike. I like to sit more upwards, even if it makes me less aerodynamic and slower. It just feels more comfortable. I wouldn't want to go long distances being hunched over on a bike …

      So, I don't know. A gravel bike with straight handle bars that feels more like a mountain bike but is significantly lighter and faster would be what I'm looking for me. Cross country bikes just look like regular mountain bikes to me tbh, I might should rent one to try it out.
      Any recommendations?

    6. @axMf3qTI on

      I have a omafiets with a 40L crate in the front attached to the frame and a coaster brake. Most comfortable bike ever.

    8. @DukeTDang on

      Mountain Bikes came from Vancouver Canada, see Rocky Mountain Bicycle history, and West Point Cycles, and Mount Fromme on the North Shore

    9. @zeromech1450 on

      Im so lost. I havent ridden a bike since i was 13. Im a large man. I was a large boy. By that age i started getting so tall and so heavy they became uncomfortable. I had mountain bikes in my youth. Im now 27. My oldest son is 4 and is starting to learn on a tricycle. I want to ride with him and turn it into our hobby. But idk where to start. Im 6'6 and km almost 300 pounds. All i really care about rn is being able ride of roads. Where should i start?

    14. @jirdesteva on

      I'd like to add that "GRAVEL" bikes allow for riding on the average road in my area that have NOT smooth asphalt. i.e. potholes and ruts.

    16. @Isplodethings on

      Penny Farthing. I know of at least one person who actively uses a penny farthing in real life. I don't actually know him but you can't miss him on the trail and I see him a lot. And I know at least one other person who says that has one. It's the kind of bike that you ride if you hate yourself.

    19. @adibbabet4534 on

      Is the Giant Revive considered a beach cruiser? And do all semi-recumbent or recumbent bikes suffer from the discomfort issue (for longer journeys) that you mentioned about beach cruisers?

    20. @Vermonster23 on

      Great video, you just forgot one thing. This is about mountain bikes and mountain bikers. We are the best people. Not even close. You’re still a part of the community but we tolerate you like we tolerate humans and we love each other like we love our dogs. Cheers! (please don’t get your feelings hurt I am kidding.)

    23. @LivaLifa on

      Nowadays I just have a normal hardtail mountainbike, but the bike I had before, the one that got sabotaged, causing me to buy the hardtail, that was a flatbar gravelbike. It was the X-zite mtb frame with solid fork with no suspension, mountainbike wheels with mountain bike width tires with roadbike thread, mountainbike handlebar. I did drive alot of mountainbiking on it, but I'm glad to have suspension now.

      – Cifir & Liva

    25. @Trovatore7 on

      I have just come across this channel and absolutely love it, I've just got my first gravel bike at 67 years old, a Trek Checkpoint alr 4 gen 3 which isn't much but feels like a breath of fresh air after my mountain bike tbh, I just hope my body manages to do what my head thinks it can lol..

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