Fun to hear these descriptions and advice. As a soon to be Appa owner
planning to use it for 80/20, on/off-road I’ll be setting it up mostly as a
road bike but, really looking for an all-terrain bike with big tire
clearance and a road-ish feel.
Also, Collin, thank you for sharing your experience
I had my 51 650b Joe setup as a mostly road/dirt touring bike for a couple
years, and it has gone through many iterations since then (currently living
life as a 1x9 flatland commuter). Is it a road race bike? No. Is it a fun
bike to ride on the road and connect the many dirt trails/roads/etc.
I’ll give you my two cents. I ride a previous generation 62cm 2TT Appaloosa
set up with Billie bars and a 64cm Black Mountain Cycles monstercross bike
with drop bars. I ride pavement, gravel and dirt roads which can be steep
and rutted, but mostly in good shape. I really like the Appaloosa as
