First: ride what you have the way you can and want to ride. Figure out what works and what doesn’t. Many people prefer lighter bikes for gravel and bikepacking, some prefer 3” wide tires without suspension, some like 2.4” full suspension bikes. You won’t know until you try.
>From there iron out what you might change: - do you want racks or strap on bags? - are you needing a lower top tube for dismounting? - does it waggle or feel too stiff? - does it feel like you need skinnier or fatter tires? - how about that top tube? Does it let you run the bars you want in the position you want? - are my tires supple enough? SHOULD I HAVE GUMWALLS? - why isn’t it orange? All of these will help you decide if what you have is right, almost there and tweakable, the correct base but serious overhauling or complete replacement. I have tended mostly towards tweaking the setup except in the case of my MTB. My first one came and went so fast I barely remember it. I’m tweaking it’s replacement to all hell though. -J -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
