SafetyThird
Senior Member
- Location
- North Devon
Hi all, I'm Jay, 50-something ex-runner and triathlete who was fit at 40 and let it slide. Recently pulled the bikes back out, dusted them off and now trying to regain a bit of that lost fitness. After years of living in flat places, north Devon was a bit of a shock with its hills. I'll be going slowly for a while. As a lifelong hiker and lover of the wilderness I have ideas for some bike camping tours once I'm able to take on some bigger distances and also recently bought Velo en France and furtively contemplating cycling across France next year.
I've an old trek 6000 mtb which has become my tourer/shopping bike with slick tyres, racks and panniers, though I may change the frame out for something like an old 80's stump jumper to make it a better tourer as it's a bit small for that and I've recently taken the aero front end off my Titanflex triathlon bike, fitted drops and regular brake/shifters to make it a better road bike with a view to getting out on some longer distances again.
I've an old trek 6000 mtb which has become my tourer/shopping bike with slick tyres, racks and panniers, though I may change the frame out for something like an old 80's stump jumper to make it a better tourer as it's a bit small for that and I've recently taken the aero front end off my Titanflex triathlon bike, fitted drops and regular brake/shifters to make it a better road bike with a view to getting out on some longer distances again.