Managed to get a nice 36 mile ride in this morning, a circular route including parts of NCN14 and NCN7, passing close to a couple of fairly urban areas. It was a pleasant and sunny morning and virtually every person I met responded to a "Good Morning", be they walkers, horse riders, joggers, buggy pushers, dog walkers, other MTBr's and other cyclists including a guy in his work overalls and an elderly lady with her shopping bags on her bars![]()
I managed to avoid all but a couple of short road sections, but while on them, I and acknowledged two seperate road bike riders.....
..... and didn't get so much as a slight nod from either of them![]()
What's that all about then ?
Cosmicned..... don't ever let anyone say they're underbiked for the conditions again...... ust remind me why people ask which suspension forks for towpaths!!!!!
Just don't forget to wave and nod to yourself every so often....
Thing is though the more accomplished you are with a skill set the more you can work around the incorrect tools.Cosmicned..... don't ever let anyone say they're underbiked for the conditions again......
I completely agree. Sure a skilled rider can do that kind of thing on a road bike but a less skilled rider simply won't be able to pull the same things off on the road bike even if they can do it on an MTB. 7 years ago I was tip-toeing down a particular bridle way at 5-10mph on hybrid with decent cross tyres having put my foot down on the deeper gravel/slate filled ruts. Today along the same bridle way on skinny road tyres I'm riding it at 10-20mph without much thought, floating the bike over the lumps, bumps & ruts. Contrast that to my MTB with semi-slicks where I'm doing 15-30mph over the same route.The definition of "it's not the bike it's the rider!!!!!"
Thing is though the more accomplished you are with a skill set the more you can work around the incorrect tools.
I completely agree. Sure a skilled rider can do that kind of thing on a road bike but a less skilled rider simply won't be able to pull the same things off on the road bike even if they can do it on an MTB. 7 years ago I was tip-toeing down a particular bridle way at 5-10mph on hybrid with decent cross tyres having put my foot down on the deeper gravel/slate filled ruts. Today along the same bridle way on skinny road tyres I'm riding it at 10-20mph without much thought, floating the bike over the lumps, bumps & ruts. Contrast that to my MTB with semi-slicks where I'm doing 15-30mph over the same route.
Am I now going to become schizophrenic as I have a MTB and soon a Road bike?