Wife and I are considering new bikes for family riding. This includes rising with trailers and Tagalongs.





We own MTB and Road bikes. We want bikes that are good for tooling around town and rail trails with kids (two with one on the way). we don’t want to mod existing bikes, particularly MTBs. I could see us selling our road bikes, we’re not that hardcore of riders, though I can see my wife wanting to retain a bike that would let her be reasonably fast/efficient in triathalons if/when she gets back into it.

We do a lot of day and road tripping, so light, compact bikes we can carry with us (trailer hitch bike rack) are desirable.

We have more or less reduced to verve and fx. I’d have considered Janis sequel and coda if I could have found some anywhere.

Both of the seating positions are comfortable, fx fit and felt fine. Verve felt a bit more numb and heavier, fx lighter and more agile. I think the fx would do well with slightly larger tires, the verve with smaller/lighter.

In the end we’re leaning towards verve because we have other bikes and it seems the most oriented towards fun use. That said, I don’t want to be limited if we want to do faster or more fitness oriented riding.

Both are the 3 level.

We’re late 30s/very early 40s, no health or mobility issues.

What would you buy?