I was about to start a thread like this but I'll just tag on if that's ok.

I have been road riding for 27 plus years and have covered many miles in many states as well as a run down the Blue Ridge and a cross USA trip but the cars and traffic and texters have finally worn me down and I find myself on rails to trails type paths and have decided to go with a Scott Scale 29+ with a Sram 1XX11 set up hard tail for the unpaved stuff.

Any words of wisdom would be appreciated, the bike I found is used but just barely, after my 15 lb Pinarello road bike the Scott feels pretty massive..any weight saving ideas, tubless be a good Idea and save some pounds?

What do off road riders carry for tools, road bike stuff basically or more specific than that?

Thanks, looking forward to only worrying about deer , drops and ticks!