Originally Posted by
rumrunn6
I hope I'm not rushing my answer but 50 miles on a MTB is not gonna work. You need a road bike.
Plus 50 miles is a lot to get used to on any bike.
I won't say it won't work. I do near that almost every day and am starting that distance next week. That's at 53 years young and on a MTB.
That said, I'd be dead had I tried it from the beginning. I had to ramp to that level.