I'm with you on that Vik, again. A good steel rigid with the ability to fit whatever size wheels and tyres, racks and whatever is much more versatile and doesn't feel much if any different from your regular MTBs.
As to your GF, I don't know what to tell you, don't understand the "looks" crowd, never have, never will. I used to get strange looks from the roadies when I arrived at a road ride with my 30lb Monkey, kitted with either 38mm or 32 semi slicks in those super wide stays and fork arch, but then when I was hanging out in the front of the ride or at the top of climbs first, the kind of look changed and I used to laugh my ass off. 32mm tyres were the real road tyres were a decent weight, the 38s weigh about 600g a piece, a bit too heavy to go "play" properly with the roadies.
March 22, 2022, 8:03 a.m. - Lynx .
I'm with you on that Vik, again. A good steel rigid with the ability to fit whatever size wheels and tyres, racks and whatever is much more versatile and doesn't feel much if any different from your regular MTBs. As to your GF, I don't know what to tell you, don't understand the "looks" crowd, never have, never will. I used to get strange looks from the roadies when I arrived at a road ride with my 30lb Monkey, kitted with either 38mm or 32 semi slicks in those super wide stays and fork arch, but then when I was hanging out in the front of the ride or at the top of climbs first, the kind of look changed and I used to laugh my ass off. 32mm tyres were the real road tyres were a decent weight, the 38s weigh about 600g a piece, a bit too heavy to go "play" properly with the roadies.