Made my first “100 km ride” last Monday! Kinda proud, so I wanna share 😊. 112 km, 5.5 hours total, cumulative elevation gain 3800 m.

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    7 days ago

    Nah man, you haven’t ridden 100km.

    You’ve ridden 100km on a MTB, which makes it so much more impressive!

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        7 days ago

        I love MTBs, their versatility is unmatching, but damn are they slow! I used to go 18km/h average on my old Merida, now I have Rose Count Solo 2 and I get some astounding 24km/h 😄

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          7 days ago

          This one’s my “first” bike since my teen years, more than a quarter of a century ago… I’m quite happy with it, but yes, it needs some stamina!

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          7 days ago

          Is it the gear range that mainly affect the speed? Have to ask as the only bike i ever rode is 20inch wheel heavy as heck bmx and currently a folding bike 😅

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            2 days ago

            The tires, mostly. I had one of the early mountain bikes back in the 80s and kept a wardrobe of tires for it. (This was when there was a lot more choice for 26" wheels). The 1.75" moderately knobby ones were for daily commutes, the smoother 1.375" for weekend camping trips with the touring club, the chunky 2.25" knobbies were for the rare occasions when I actually used it as a mountain bike. On Friday night I would swap over for whatever I planned to do that weekend, then change back on Sunday night. I got to be really fast at tire changes after a while.

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              6 hours ago

              Interesting! I’m looking to get a mtb around this month to replace my bmx, so maybe i could swap to 1.75" for commuting. Hopefully the option isn’t limited in my country for 26" (i am short)

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            7 days ago

            I’d say wheels might be the most important of all, you can even improve your speed significantly without putting in any money just by increasing their pressure