Do You Need an ATB?!

An All Terrain Bicycle? I still love my drop bar gravel bike on its 44mm tires but often when the terrain will be mixed I find myself reaching for my sweep bar bicycle on its 55mm tires. The lines are definitely blurred between gravel bikes and ATBs just as they are between rigid mountain bikes and ATBs - but it doesn't matter what you call it - I'm just enjoying being more comfortable and capable o the rough stuff these days.
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[lindenmoore]

Another great video! Thanks! When I got back into cycling after a long hiatus, I ended up getting a Surly Bridge Club. It wasn't the bike I wanted, but it turned out to be the bike I needed. I have well over 10, 000 miles on it now. We've gone on numerous adventures, and I've been able to try out a ton of different tires because this bike can handle a wide range of them. It is my ride to work, my exercise machine, my mental health maintenance tool, and my go-anywhere, anytime exploration bike. I'm so happy with my accidental ATB purchase.

[bike-ride-beats]

Dude! This is awesome. If there were ever a video on YouTube that could take us back to the pure joy of just riding a bike as kids this is it! Love the descending down the highway construction zone. And the “hey I know a path” but it’s overgrown and impassable! 😂 Well done! Great vid.

[lucasbrunelle]

Who gets to do what we do... bushwhacking, single track, jersey barriers
The bike is the ultimate expression of freedom.

[philiprayner]

watched this again and this is a good point to make an ATB a good choice for those of us who can afford only on bike

[albertb]

Yes, you do need an ATB! I built my Surly Bridge Club for exactly this kind of riding. Stringing together bike paths, suburban singletrack, industrial gravel and the occasional expedition further abound.

[KarlHerr]

Great vid Tim - I live for mixed surface rides and love ATB's! Your channel has really made me appreciate biking in the Midwest more. I used to watch some other rad Youtuber's, and sit and lust after the options in the PNW, but there's something about the way you capture your rides that made me step back and say, you know what, the rust belt has fun stuff too.

[jokawood]

I love the music you have on your videos!

[BCD]

Damn!! Now that is some serious Fitzwatering!! AWESOME!!

[jordanwilson]

at 5:25 i thought we were about to see yah be a balance king Tim!

[MLRomo]

I recently added a rear rack to one of my specialized bike and I love it! Its so much nicer not having to carry stuff on you. Going to put it through the paces this weekend on a Wisconsin trip. Have an IPA on my brotha. 🍻

[chuckrodgers]

Great video Tim! ATB’s are all that most folks really need. Go anywhere, do anything !

[davidjfife]

I built up a ATB this year. CO-Motion Cycles hand built frame. DT Swiss 350 hubs, DT Swiss 32 spoke wheels, Rene Herse 650bX48’s. SRAM 1X12, 10x52. Mullet. Running Ritchey Beacon gravel bar, Chris King BB, 175 cranks, ReneHerse fenders, Tubus rack. It’s my do everything bike. But I still ride my CO-Motion tandem the most. Set up about the same. Just with Whiskey mustache bars.
Fun video!

[brianhagan]

Really Like the background music you choose. Cool stuff.

[robbiedevine]

that is so excellent. buncha carefree misfits, wonderful. if i lived anywhere near i'd bring my own misfit / alt bike and ride along

[phillipdaulton]

That was awesome! Really enjoyed the bit passing by the Derby Downs and Goodyear Airdock. I worked at an FBO in the old City Hangar by the Airdock in the late 1970’s. An old Akron boy misses his home.

[robertgraves]

Great shooting (as usual) Tim. Loved the thread the needle with the semis, and the skipping stones scene.The tempo and the energy of the music definitley captures, at least for me, the adrenalin rush of what we used to call "technical" riding. Then the colors slowly fade as the sun sets. Brilliant. Could be your best video yet.

[rockeastwood]

Nice slow-mo at the end w/the rock skipping. Everyone is different but I definitely need ATB because of the wide variety floor around these parts & of course I ride street. However, in the future I'm only buying vintage. It's what really moves me. You guys do it right.

[tmayberry]

So Tim. Yeah I'm checking it out now😊😊

Yeah it doesn't matter what you call it. It's still a bike. A fun human powered machine

Btw there's a song called " you can call it what you want" by bill summers and summer's heat lol

[vaquerosupreme]

Got my ATB: the Riv Appaloosa--26" Simworks Standalone rims with Simworks Super Yummies, Nitto Albatross bars, V-brakes. Funny that the Riv folks consider this a road bike. This one spends 98% of its rolling time in the Arizona desert singletracks.

[Mike-vdqt]

Yep, have a good Labor Day weekend. Thanks for the cool urban rambling video.