In 2020, while living in Austin, TX, I built up a hardtail mountain bike. I lived about 3 miles from the Brushy Creek Regional Trail, so it was a wonderfully convenient place to hit a few trail during my lunch break. It was great. In early 2021, my family and I moved back to Fresno, CA. Unfortunately, there are few immediately accessible trails that are suitable for that hardtail, so I decided I’d be better off with something like an alt-gravel bike for cruising around the mostly flat city and hitting some of the trails near Woodward Park.