u/Polendri

I've been seriously eyeing the Panorama Taïga EXP 3 as an ATB that's closer to the MTB side than my current gravel ATB, since I'm hankering for some more off-road riding and it turns out I'm not needing to be fast on the road like I felt like I would when I built the gravel bike. I like that the Taiga is Canadian (like me), has nice light Reynolds 725 tubing, is ready for suspension if I want it later, just barely fits a PNW Coast dropper post at my saddle height and frame size, and is belt compatible (I'm told that later this year they'll set up the custom ordering to be able to order it with a Rohloff and/or belt, something I'll want to do if I can scrape up the funds for it).

Literally the only concern that I have is that the seat tube angle is 75°, a lot steeper than my current bike's 73° and seemingly steeper than most other bikes that are marketed toward bikepacking/touring. I know sounds like a tiny detail to obsess over, but combined with going from an 8mm offset seatpost to a 0-offset dropper post, this works out to a BB that's 31mm further back, which is pretty substantial. When I look for advice online, 75° seems to be the borderline and 76° is solidly in the "good for climbing but not for long-term comfort" category. Panorama does market it as being for long distances, but reviews for this particular bike are sparse.

I was just wondering if anyone with a bikepacking rig with a 75°+ seat tube angle might be able to comment on how it feels to ride for long stretches, and any other cockpit considerations that help (like maybe flatter grips to make up for having a little more weight on the hands)?

For a while I've had a "one bike" philosophy: rather than have a bunch of specialized bikes, I just want one really nice bike that's OK at everything. I don't mountain bike and I don't do any speed-focused road cycling, so it fits well for my use case. This takes up less space in my garage (which is full of the rest of my family's bikes), lets me go high-end on one bike rather than low- to mid-end on several, and makes for less to keep track of maintaining.

Currently my "one bike" (aside from a cargo bike, but let's not split hairs...) is a gravel bike with 2" Marathon Mondial tires, NX Eagle drivetrain, and Redshift suspension seatpost/stem. It's reasonably fast on the road, and capable on gravel (like the rail trails and forest service mains I've bikepacked on so far). But I'd like to delve into some rougher service roads, some light singletrack etc, and I feel like I'm not taking advantage of the speediness of my gravel bike much anyway, so I've been considering switching from a gravel frame to more of an all-terrain touring bike like the Panorama Boreal.

My concern however is that while it'll be better for bikepacking (which I do a handful of times a year), it might end up less enjoyable for taking on rides in the city (which I do much more often).

Does anyone have a bike on a similar end of the spectrum that they use a lot outside of bikepacking trips, and if so what do you do to make it work? I was considering getting a 2nd wheelset so that I could have a set of smooth-rolling tires for the city (likely with puncture-resistant Schwalbe tires and tubes), and a knobby large-volume tubeless set for off-road. But I'm not sure if at that point I'm just being silly and would be better off having multiple bikes.

What, am I supposed to believe that this pride of lions is rapidly going extinct because only one lioness is having babies? That's ridiculous, he's obviously banging all of them.

Simba has been given an arranged marriage to his only friend (no other cubs are ever shown IIRC), and we never question whether this is good? Remember kids, boys and girls can never just be friends!

The lions also canonically kill and eat the same kinds of animals who bow to them as subjects. This is some Ramsay Bolton from Game of Thrones type governing.