Originally Posted by
JR97
Lotsa testosterone on that bike. Not at all practical for a road commuter, but if your commute has some off-road/rough roads, it looks kick @ss. That's more or less the bike I had in my head when I first started commuting. Except I'd have a front suspension fork or head shock. But now that I've been on a road bike commuting for a few months, I would never go with that much 4x4 off-road stuff. Maybe for a winter commuter, but I'd have to have fenders since those big knobbies would be throwing sh*t everywhere.
I'm sure some will use it as a commuter, but it doesn't even necessarily seem marketed to that. Who needs all that crap on a sub-20 mile jaunt?
Seems more like a Great Divide Trail rig or for exploring the endless logging roads of the PNW. Maybe even Colorado/Rainbow Trail or something.
I'm thinking rocky, jeep trails and fire roads way off the beaten path...not a quickie in the mornings