Originally Posted by
Korina
Throwing in my vote for vintage steel mountain bikes; with the same geometry as today's adventure bikes, they're very versatile and quite inexpensive. Also, they'll take actual wide tires.
MTB idea seems intriguing. I hadn't really thought of that yet since I'm more of a roadie and want to go "fast" on my commute. Would it be possible to replace the groupset on an old MTB with 130mm spacing with something like a modern road groupset? Maybe get a nice 2x11 setup going like that?