Best way to see leaves is not from the road- there, you’re only going to see a limited variety- you need to head into the woods to really see those colors. I’ll recommend the Canyon Neuron because that medium-travel suspension is fantastic at sucking up hits from rocks and roots buried under leaves. And if you’re in southern Wisconsin, hit the trails at Blue Mounds. It’s pretty much non-stop beautiful and the trails are fantastic and you’ve got leaves pretty much all of october and into november
God, I do miss mountain biking. I’m not in the aerobic shape I was back when I was doing that regularly, so using my old Trek Marlin 7 for a full leaf peeping tour might kill me, but it’s a nice idea. Are there leaves accessible via rock climbing? That I can do.