Made my first “100 km ride” last Monday! Kinda proud, so I wanna share 😊. 112 km, 5.5 hours total, cumulative elevation gain 3800 m.
Made my first “100 km ride” last Monday! Kinda proud, so I wanna share 😊. 112 km, 5.5 hours total, cumulative elevation gain 3800 m.
The tires, mostly. I had one of the early mountain bikes back in the 80s and kept a wardrobe of tires for it. (This was when there was a lot more choice for 26" wheels). The 1.75" moderately knobby ones were for daily commutes, the smoother 1.375" for weekend camping trips with the touring club, the chunky 2.25" knobbies were for the rare occasions when I actually used it as a mountain bike. On Friday night I would swap over for whatever I planned to do that weekend, then change back on Sunday night. I got to be really fast at tire changes after a while.
Interesting! I’m looking to get a mtb around this month to replace my bmx, so maybe i could swap to 1.75" for commuting. Hopefully the option isn’t limited in my country for 26" (i am short)