@ascentale @uxMark @bikenite #BikeNite A3. Although a mountain bike set up for urban riding is a lot more practical, I really do like a road bike set up for touring more than a mountain bike (because you can get places a lot faster!). What I give up is the ability to go over bumpy sidewalks and over some gravel. Perhaps, maybe a wide tired gravel bike set up for touring (panniers etc.), but I haven't tried a gravel bike yet.

@ascentale @uxMark @bikenite similar to Q5, I'd stick with my steel frame hybrid, but maybe I'd swap the Jones H-Bars for drop bars. I don't really feel like I'm giving anything up except that it's a bit harder to carry it down the stairs to the subway than my carbon road bike, but it's more comfortable and I can go (almost) as fast on it, but I can do it for longer. Plus it can take 4 panniers and some stuff slung over the rack for a full grocery load, also it can tow the trailer if I need even more. If I want some fun I can throw some wider tires on and do a gravel ride. I've even done some light single track on it (which was dumb, but whatever). I barely use anything else these days, which is kind of sad. That said, I would hate to give up proper mountain biking, not that I have the money or time to go anymore.

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@ascentale @uxMark @bikenite #BikeNite A3. I have an endurance frame road bike. That's probably my pick. I like going out and spinning, so being comfortable is important. And I prefer road vs more technical terrain like gravel even if gravel is less busy.

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If forced to downsize to a single bike, I'd have to keep my gravel bike, a 2019 Specialized Diverge Comp. While a tad slower than my road bike, I could still ride it on paved roads, plus gravel and dirt. It's what I ride when I don't know for sure the condition of the riding surface.

@ascentale @uxMark @bikenite My main bike is basically it, a 2019 Bulls Evo, 250W electric Class 1 Assist, I haul cargo, I go places I want to go, generally it's pretty dang good.

I _would_ like a heavy cargo/heavy assist eBike tho'. Something still trails-legal which means always-pedal (I'm 100% fine with that part) but higher wattage for the really heavy loads on hills, and heavier frame so I don't have to worry about it, like, at all.

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@ascentale @uxMark @bikenite #bikenite A3, if I had to get rid of all bikes but one I’d keep the 95 Specialized Rock Hopper. It has a beautiful chro-mo steel frame, a super sturdy 3 x 7 drive train and bombproof 26 inch wheels. It makes an excellent gravel bike, a decent mountain bike, and a good bike packing bike. It sucks at fast paved road riding but I don’t do that much anymore because I really like to avoid cars and trucks. Parts are hilariously cheap.

@ascentale @uxMark @bikenite I only have 1 bike so it’s my everything bike. A basic Priority Bike 600 model so belt drive, 12 speed gearbox (no derailleur) and wide tires for any surface. What you give up is speed. It can go anywhere, pack panniers and trailers and handle gravel and all kinds of stuff. I just don’t go fast. #bikenite

@ascentale @uxMark @bikenite A3. Well, brand I'd currently go with Surly since I like steel and they have any style I'd care to ride covered.

Style... something built for bike packing, probably the more loaded variety. It'd be too heavy for a lot of rides, but I'm a utility cyclist first and foremost. I've gotta lug kids around regularly hence the need.

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@edd @ascentale @uxMark @bikenite On my ride yesterday (Bombtrak Audax) I saw another rider on a Surly Straggler, same model and color as my commuter: metallic grey.

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@oheso @edd @ascentale @uxMark @bikenite I’ve a Hook EXT which is the same frame as the Audax. Like the Surlys I’ve had, they really are well designed and IMO ride way nicer than other brands with similar low end tubing. See also Genesis bikes.