>>1604955>needs a ton more maintenance to be kept in shapemeh, maybe mine was new (stayed more than 5 years in storage though) but the added control and comfort doesn't really translate to ton more maintenance to be kept in shape.
Maybe it's where I live, but it's far more expensive to have nice tired and tubeless with plus size and trail ht style bikes than it is to get FS ones.
And even very very old bikes like gt idrive ones feels so much more better, it's a no breainer to get a fs bike.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Matq8XnOaqw see the comments on riding a fs for the first time