Originally Posted by
GFish
Wow, is this mountain biking tough or what. I simply was not prepared or in shape to ride those hills with wider tires and a heavier bike. Anyone else have a similar story switching from road to mountain bikes? Any advice?
Yes - keep doing it. Nice changeup to appreciate how fast and smooth our roadbikes are.
Heh, pretty funny. Same thing here - I picked up a mtb for winter riding, and took it out on the snow covered singletracks. Also rode on the lake a bit. Ya, that's hard work. Rolling resistance is ridiculous with 15 lbs in 26 x 2.1 tires. You gotta try pedaling uphill around a tree so tight you couldn't bend your road bike frame to fit. I might have gone 6 - 8 miles, and as much fun as it was decided to quit before I had to walk the bike out of the woods. But man those slight downhill runs on the snow trail through the trees is a total blast.
Can you believe some of these mountain bikers ride the trails standing up most of the way? Ugh.
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