Originally Posted by
Loose Chain
Amen, ditto, a mtb, 13 miles, busy roads, wow. Yeah, I am sure some of you man up and can do it but why torture yourself, at least get a quality machine that fits and put the correct tires on it and lights etc. For a mtb, get rid of the squishy, dangerous knobby tires and get it equipped with some decent street tires.
I often do a 5 miles total multimodal in and then a 16-17 mile ride home on very busy I-95 corridor roads on a too-small-for-me dahon 26" folder. No big whoop. But I do use semi-slicks or studdeds...
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