[Northendzone]

i used to routinely do 100km rides with my mountain bike with knobby tires. my rides would typically have been a mix of trails and more open road riding. no serious hill climbs though, and my mountain bike was a hard tail.

i also used my mtn bike to commute from new brighton to downtown.

i used to think about buying a road bike, but in the end I always felt a mountain bike gave me the most bang for my cycling buck.

i used to be able to average about 27 kph on my mtn bike and i always wondered if I be able to get another 8 kph on a road bike - that would have cut my commute from an hour to about 45 minutes.