Originally Posted by
steel_is_real
My commute has a 1/2 mile hill that is around 30 deg for the 1st 50m then about half that for the rest. After that it's all flat on a sidewalk that is bumpy in places. It's not a windy route. Since my commute is short, I figure a mtb would be fine, maybe swapped out with road tires. That makes sense about the brake pads being hard. Thanks.
The Giant won't have lock out on the forks, so will bounce around like a pogo stick climbing. You get used to climbing smoothly to minimise the bounce.