When I was in my 20’s & 30’s I used to ride a mountain bike with semi slicks w/ knobs on the side on the rear wheel. I’d ride it on the roads 60% of the time, hop curbsI always used to wonder why they didn’t make mountain bikes that were more in between.
i stopped riding for 15 years give or take. Decided to get back into it. The mountain bikes they make these days are overkill. Made foverbuilt for Clydesdales (no offense meant). I’m 5’9 & 185 but the modern bikes are made for people 6’5 & 300.
I got a Trek Dual Sport. It’s between geometry, mountain bike like gearing with wider rims seems like a do it all sort of bike I can take for a daily ride, then on the weekend keep up with road bikes on a longer ride, and maybe hit a gravel or light dirt trail now and then.
Took it for the first ride today & I like it. Looking forward to getting some miles in.