- Joined
- Saturday May 16, 2020
- Location
- Hadrians Wall
I have a few bikes dating back to the seventies mainly 531 tubing etc. They dont see a lot of use as I use an electric mountain bike for exploring the fell tracks of which there are many in my part of Cumbria. The C2C route passes my front gates and I'm always amazed how many cyclists doing the route which has some pretty brutal climbs are on mountain bikes. In my experience riding a mountain bike on tarmac is like riding through glue compared to a road bike. I've rescued a few on Hartside with mechanical or exhaustion problems sometimes in terrible weather. A few told me they decided to do the route on a whim and bought bikes not long before which is a bit bold in my view.