Ideal moutain

[OskarTennisChampion]

Hey,just a thought @teaboy,if you plan to take it onto slightly rougher trails,but want some smoothness for the road.
You would have to go to 1.75 width,and I would suggest Continental Travel Contact or Schwalbe Land Cruisers.
They can take some abuse on the gravelly or stony corners.

 

[MikeW-71]

Well I am 67 yrs old and have always ridden road type bikes and vintage 3 speeds never a mountain bike But never to late to learn new things I guess Photo is how I brought it except it had a top box the size the size of a coffin Question if I fit road tyres would it be a tourer?

Plenty of road tyres that would fit 26". Continental Travel Contact for one. I put some on my MTB to ride it 30 miles to Centerparcs and they were soooo much better than knobblies on tarmac.

 

[OskarTennisChampion]

Got it covered @MikeW-71

Plenty of road tyres that would fit 26". Continental Travel Contact for one. I put some on my MTB to ride it 30 miles to Centerparcs and they were soooo much better than knobblies on tarmac.

 

[MikeW-71]

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Great minds think alike and all that eh

 

[teaboy]

See how I get on this weekend if I can keep up with fancy pants Mtbs I will leave it like it is. But like I said these bikes are all new to me suck it and see eh

 

[OskarTennisChampion]

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Great minds think alike and all that eh

Yes they do
Seem like the best choices IMO

 

[teaboy]

Yes they do
Seem like the best choices IMO

Hey just had a thought why not a road tyre on the front only or would that be very silly

 

[MikeW-71]

Don't think that would be any benefit at all.

 

[OskarTennisChampion]

Don't think that would be any benefit at all.

^^^^^
This
It would make for an interesting ride

 

[teaboy]

All my rides are interesting some might say scary !

 

[OskarTennisChampion]

Had a few @teaboy .
Especially hurtling down a gravel track at 30 mph

 

[teaboy]

Had a few @teaboy .
Especially hurtling down a gravel track at 30 mph

Looking forward to that[ I think] I am so pleased with my new 40 quid bike .last bike I got was a 1990 3 speed raliegh with a mashed wheel paid a fiver and spent so much money on mods I cant bring myself to add it all up! So its win some lose some

 

[raleighnut]

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Why a dynamo front lamp, has it got a dyno fitted or a battery pack hidden somewhere.

 

[teaboy]

Why a dynamo front lamp, has it got a dyno fitted or a battery pack hidden somewhere.

 

[OskarTennisChampion]

Looking forward to that[ I think] I am so pleased with my new 40 quid bike .last bike I got was a 1990 3 speed raliegh with a mashed wheel paid a fiver and spent so much money on mods I cant bring myself to add it all up! So its win some lose some

That should have read 30 MPH +.
I have saw myself reaching 46 MPH on my locals,and that was just the corners