Originally Posted by Arrows2100
I was taking a ride from about 10 miles north of glasgow, through glasgow to the south-end and back up again...
Cheers for all the advice also, I mite consider a roadbike (for priority rite now is gettin paintball money together
). Although I dont think ill be shaving my legs if I get one like a lot of you in here apparently like
... By the way, are they less stable than MTBs at lower speeds because of the thinner tires?
It has been a while since I rode an MTB, but I don't remember it being any more stable than a road bike. The road bike has different geometry and is generally lighter. That people can track-stand on a roadie shows it's not unstable and very slow (i.e. dead stop!) speeds.