I like Philip's suggestion ;-) To your question. As an angeleno, I'll second many of the comments/suggestions made. There is plenty you can do on a SS to fill up all your time/energy/enthusiasm. AND there is plenty in addition for which gears would be most welcome. If you are looking to get into the hills, even just on the fire roads, things can get a steep for a sustained distance. I used to live in Austin. The biggest difference to me is the longer, more sustained, climbs -- leaving from the beach in Santa Monica or Malibu and heading into the Santa Monica mountains gives a pretty steady 2000' elevation climb.
On Monday, April 23, 2018 at 10:47:25 AM UTC-7, Reid Echols wrote: > > Hi folks, I'll be traveling from Austin to Los Angeles in a few short > weeks for a fellowship at the Huntington Library, and am between bringing a > "beater" aluminum 29er I could build up from spare parts or my trusty BMC > Monstercross, currently set up as a "dinglespeed" with 43c gravel tires. I > can handle most of the Austin hills pretty handily, and really enjoy riding > the BMC on local singletrack (not too many rock gardens, just the faster, > flowy stuff). > > My question is, will I be able to fully enjoy the trails near LA on a > singlespeed, cross-style bike, or am I displaying a bit of hubris and > should just bring the more traditional mountain bike for the climbing > gears? I'll be commuting to the Huntington as well and don't want anything > too flashy lest it be stolen. Local perspectives would be welcome! > > All best, > Reid in Austin > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
