Hey Kiley! Sounds like you’re asking excellent questions. Not knowing you or the layout of your steps, my comments may be off, so let me know where I’ve buggered it! Grin.
First, how did you get the bike up the three steps? Lift and carry? Or roll up, pushing on the handlebars/frame/saddle while standing beside it? Bikepacking with an 85 pound rig (bike et al), I don’t lift it over much of anything, but I roll it up a lot. With some practice, this may make any bike easier. Second, do you know what your last bike weighed built up? That gives you a target weight that you need to get x pounds under, once you have an idea of what you can get (lift or roll) up the steps. Were you happy with the bike otherwise? Third, the simplest way would be to get the bike (frame and components) you like, but not add on extras except a (x)small saddle bag to carry bits and bobs, and water bottle cage(s). Get used to how that works, then add a rack etc and desired, one thing at a time and see what works for you. Your build a bike idea is great! It’s kind of what we do here, via the buy/sell posts. Except beer and whisky don’t travel well through the compter. Grin. Whatever you decide, enjoy the journey — it’s a blast learning! With abandon, Patrick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
