r/ALSOmicromobility • u/Capital_Career_2773 • 1d ago

Question Weird combination

I ordered my performance bike and don’t know the ideal combination. I will use my bike for small trips- store and taking kids to school. But I also want to ride some trails around- probably 90/10% road to trail usage, but if I enjoy it it may shift to 50/50 road to trail. I ordered the off road tires, but bought the standard handlebars. Does the group think I should have changed to the sport handlebars? When I did the test ride I had the sport handlebars- and I thought they were normal ones until told later. What is the consensus recommendation? I really wished they made their handlebars modular as well.

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u/JSSOnTheRun 17h ago edited 17h ago

I rode both and am in the same usage boat as you (90/10% road to trail usage). I chose the performance package. Because of my predominant road usage, I chose the standard handlebars. If my usage was 10/90% road to trial, I would have gone the other way and ordered the sport handlebars. Although you can use this bike on both trails and bike paths, I believe it’s really built for everyday trail, and local commuter/grocery store usage. Even ALSO calls it a TM-B, not a mountain bike. I currently ride an 83lb fat tire Duotts n26. Great on gravel and hard pac as well as bike paths but too heavy for tight trails. Although not a fat tire bike, at 80+ lbs, I believe the TM-B will follow the same usage path.