Mountain Biking UK

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BACK IN THE SADDLE

he last few outings on my trusty gravel bike made me realise its limitations, so I decided that, even though I’m 50, overweight, unfit and rubbish in terms of off-road skills, I’d get back in the MTB saddle. My last mountain bike was a 26in-wheeled Trek, which I bought 17 years ago. I obtained a new bike, a Sonder Transmitter hardtail, using the Cycle to Work

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