>>18514844
I have light and dark wash pairs, the dark ones are straight, the light are semi-relaxed.

>>18514859
They're not tight, a lot of cheap jeans are just shit quality and can't handle any kind of stretch in the crotch, which is unavoidable unless you get ones that are specifically gusseted or whatever. It's not even the seams that rip either, it's the fabric next to them. Higher rise is also counterproductive for me, I have a low natural waist so anything high rise just falls down and the crotch ends up halfway to my knees where it's even more of a problem.

I should also point out that I'm not riding a low bike that you can just step over like your pic, my bike's seat is 35" and I have a 32" inseam, so it's a big karate kick leg swing to get over it, even if I do the "cowboy mount." (Stepping up on the footpeg first.) I really just need to get some dedicated riding pants that aren't overpants but they're expensive as fuck and I'm trying to lose some weight before I spend the money.

>>2830588
The one thing I'll say is that most normal baseball caps these days have too much structure, so you can't smush them down into a bag or whatever. Not a mountaineer but I ride motorcycles so it's also an issue for me, I've got one hat that I always bring on my bike because it's the only one I can safely crush and stick in the bungees on top of my tank bag.

>>28534404
Those are like 1% of what CA has though and just doing ACH or GMR over and over again gets boring. All the shit people think of when they say "oh man, if I lived in California I could ride to all these places!" - Big Sur like your pic, Yosemite, Joshua Tree, the Sierras, etc. - are 3+ hours from LA.

>>28534416
I grew up and lived most of my life in Hollywood and the Eastern SFV.

>>28534429
>>28534448
Oregon is nice but like that anon says you have to cross mountain ranges to get anywhere, not just CA but also getting from PDX or the Willamette Valley to the coast or anywhere East. I'm in Central Oregon now and it BTFOs CA in how easy it is to access a huge variety of riding locations, everything from desert canyons to lush rainforests to pristine mountain lakes to volcanic wasteland all within an hour or two, but the downside is that it's almost CA expensive and there are 5-6 months a year where riding is basically a lost cause, and if I actually want to go to other developed places (Portland, Eugene, anywhere in CA, etc.) it's a minimum of a 3 hour drive/ride through the mountains.

>>28531934
It's a cheap, light (for what it is) beginner bike, or a trail bike for people who don't care about going fast. The 300L, XT250, etc. are in the same class. It's got enough power to haul my 200+lb fat ass uphill at 70mph at 5000' so it's not unusably slow either.
I got mine knowing full well that it wouldn't be a long-term bike though, it's just a learning machine so I can get the basics down before moving up to a 450lb ADV.