Every year my work does a big sponsored road ride of about 100 miles, covering the route used in the Devon stage of Tour de Britain.
Now I have an uber-light XC mountain bike (with full lockouts) I was thinking of putting some smooth rubber on it and joining in. Everyone up until now has always done it on road bikes - so would be good to buck the trend.
It's not a race although there's usually 2 groups split into faster and slower riders.
Anyone else done this kind of thing on their MTB ??
100 road miles on an XC bike
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I regularly do that on shonky low level 26" rental hardtails.....it's harder work but really not an issue.
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I do paris 2 ancaster bike race every year on a 26 inch mountain bike. All the top riders are riding Cross bikes. Make sure you have descent gearing (at least a triple crank). If you are 1x on the front you may need a bigger gear. Being the race is done on cross bikes, I always race it on Shwalbe CX Pro tires, it's a cross tire in 26" form. That will keep your rolling resistance down.
Bar ends also help for getting different riding positions.
Bar ends also help for getting different riding positions.