Feorag
New Member
Hi everyone, first post here. I'll try and keep my questions brief!
A couple of years ago I bought a guy's/unisex mountain bike (a Trek 3500 with 26" tyres, see below). I'm not a 'proper' mountain biker, I bought it mainly for accessing remote hills for walking, and for general use including on the roads, and with the hope of doing some cross-country bikepacking. I had a road bike before this, but I live on a farm in an area full of pot holes and kept getting punctures. Anyway, I've always found the mountain bike really heavy and slow (was probably too used to my road bike), and I wondered if that might be down to the fact that it's a 'guy's' bike.
2017-02-02_01-03-30
Yesterday I bought a woman's specific Trek Skye S (with 29" tyres) from Tiso, but on getting it home and comparing the two the weight and position feel pretty similar. I can't take the new one for a proper ride on anything rocky or bumpy though because I might take it back, so I don't know how the ride will compare with the bigger wheels.
2017-02-02_01-04-06
I suspect the 'guy's bike' issue might not be the problem at all, and that all mountain bikes really are this heavy and slow (I don't remember them being that way when I used to ride them as a kid!!). I'm definitely not convinced that the benefits of the new bike are worth spending nearly £400 on. So now I'm confused about what kind of bike is really the best for me.
Can you put mountain bike wheels on a hybrid bike? Or might a hybrid bike be able to handle off road stuff fine without the big tyres? Or could I put hybrid-type tyres on my mountain bike for road use?
Confused!!
A couple of years ago I bought a guy's/unisex mountain bike (a Trek 3500 with 26" tyres, see below). I'm not a 'proper' mountain biker, I bought it mainly for accessing remote hills for walking, and for general use including on the roads, and with the hope of doing some cross-country bikepacking. I had a road bike before this, but I live on a farm in an area full of pot holes and kept getting punctures. Anyway, I've always found the mountain bike really heavy and slow (was probably too used to my road bike), and I wondered if that might be down to the fact that it's a 'guy's' bike.
2017-02-02_01-03-30
Yesterday I bought a woman's specific Trek Skye S (with 29" tyres) from Tiso, but on getting it home and comparing the two the weight and position feel pretty similar. I can't take the new one for a proper ride on anything rocky or bumpy though because I might take it back, so I don't know how the ride will compare with the bigger wheels.
2017-02-02_01-04-06
I suspect the 'guy's bike' issue might not be the problem at all, and that all mountain bikes really are this heavy and slow (I don't remember them being that way when I used to ride them as a kid!!). I'm definitely not convinced that the benefits of the new bike are worth spending nearly £400 on. So now I'm confused about what kind of bike is really the best for me.
Can you put mountain bike wheels on a hybrid bike? Or might a hybrid bike be able to handle off road stuff fine without the big tyres? Or could I put hybrid-type tyres on my mountain bike for road use?
Confused!!