Sheffield_Tiger
Guru
Picked up the new steed yesterday (Merry Christmas to me, from me 
)
After some umming and ahhing, I plumped for the EBC Country Explorer and I blooming love it! I was worried that it might be a little on the lazy side, being upright and the fork rake but I'm happy to say that I found it pretty easy to get up to a good speed (not fitted the speedo yet, but it definately felt more similar to my other road bike, rather than the mountain bike)
Only took it for a shopping trip into town and around
For a change, I wasn't worried about adding so much weight to the back wheel when I loaded my panniers up to bursting with shopping (wasn't going to take the trailer out in Xmas shopper traffic)
Didn't feel like I had a load on the back either, bike was quite happy carrying it
Now...I need an excuse to get it back out of the shed and go somewhere else
)After some umming and ahhing, I plumped for the EBC Country Explorer and I blooming love it! I was worried that it might be a little on the lazy side, being upright and the fork rake but I'm happy to say that I found it pretty easy to get up to a good speed (not fitted the speedo yet, but it definately felt more similar to my other road bike, rather than the mountain bike)
Only took it for a shopping trip into town and around
For a change, I wasn't worried about adding so much weight to the back wheel when I loaded my panniers up to bursting with shopping (wasn't going to take the trailer out in Xmas shopper traffic)
Didn't feel like I had a load on the back either, bike was quite happy carrying it
Now...I need an excuse to get it back out of the shed and go somewhere else
