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What is going on with that guy's bike. It is like the Canyonero XL Extreme of bikes. What kind of riding is it suited to? You wouldn't pop down to the grocer in

• analog31 2y ago
  It's hard to guess the use of a bike from its looks. When mountain bikes first appeared, most of the people who bought them intended to ride them on pavement, and perhaps rarely on trails. Likewise most pickup trucks and SUV's are bought for urban passenger use. At the time, the perception was that mountain bikes were just more rugged and comfortable to ride. There was a not inconsequential amount of marketing hype about the condition of roads, and the roads in some areas were in fact pretty crappy. Just due to market timing, MTB's were also where most people first experienced indexed shifting, which did improve the ease of riding a bike. In the case of e-bikes, there's a tendency to get "more bike than you really need" because the marginal cost is acceptable and the motor takes care of the added weight. And from a pragmatic standpoint, the difference may also be mostly aesthetic.
• Toutouxc 2y ago
  It's a regular mountain bike, one of the more offroady kinds — full suspension with generous travel, very nice all-purpose tires (Nobby Nic from Schwalbe), aggressive frame geometry. It is obviously not a commuter bike, but it isn't anything extreme, either.
• miahi 2y ago
  That seems to be a modified bike, with a head tube extension plus lots of random spacers, and lots of accessories. It's probably used as a very comfortable road/gravel bike.