Great article, even better song selection. Sudan Archives just added to my rotation. And you're 100% spot on for Panda Bear being 100% spot on about 10% of the time. Same for Animal Collective IMO.
I just did an overnight bikepacking trip on my Banshee Spitfire where 90% of the saddle time was uphill fireroad but the other 10% was descending fun singletrack. All in just shy of 40 miles RT, 6000 ft elevation gain/loss. The "right bike" time pretty much was that 10% of descending time.
Could easily have done it on my rigid, lighter, faster rolling, more efficient Cotic Solaris, but I didn't regret my bike choice at all. With that said, I'm curious about doing the same trip again soon on the other bike just to see what the qualitative difference is.
Oct. 7, 2022, 1:55 p.m. - mikeynets
Great article, even better song selection. Sudan Archives just added to my rotation. And you're 100% spot on for Panda Bear being 100% spot on about 10% of the time. Same for Animal Collective IMO. I just did an overnight bikepacking trip on my Banshee Spitfire where 90% of the saddle time was uphill fireroad but the other 10% was descending fun singletrack. All in just shy of 40 miles RT, 6000 ft elevation gain/loss. The "right bike" time pretty much was that 10% of descending time. Could easily have done it on my rigid, lighter, faster rolling, more efficient Cotic Solaris, but I didn't regret my bike choice at all. With that said, I'm curious about doing the same trip again soon on the other bike just to see what the qualitative difference is.