There's the possibility of the Cycle to Work scheme being started again in my work. I'm seriously thinking about a second bike. The one I currently have (Giant Escape M1) is a great bike, and I'm not looking to replace it. What I want to get is a mountain bike that will cope with off-road/trails.
The Pollok park mountain bike trails are 10 minutes from my door. I want to go play on them. There's also Mugdock park, and any number of other places where I could potentially remove myself from the gene pool.
Then there's the pleasure of simply cycling along forest trails that my current bike would be very uncomfortable to use on.
I'm not kidding myself that I'll be dropping off tree trunks and jumping over things, I'm 48 this year. BUT, that doesn't mean I have to get a "sit-up and beg" bike and cycle sedately along at a snails pace either.
Then there's the fact that Glasgow's roads are so riddled with potholes that a bike with (at a minimum) front suspension is probably a seriously good idea.
(I've also looked into whether it's possible to cycle the West Highland Way. Apparently it is, although there's some parts that would require a dismount.)
The Pollok park mountain bike trails are 10 minutes from my door. I want to go play on them. There's also Mugdock park, and any number of other places where I could potentially remove myself from the gene pool.
Then there's the pleasure of simply cycling along forest trails that my current bike would be very uncomfortable to use on.
I'm not kidding myself that I'll be dropping off tree trunks and jumping over things, I'm 48 this year. BUT, that doesn't mean I have to get a "sit-up and beg" bike and cycle sedately along at a snails pace either.
Then there's the fact that Glasgow's roads are so riddled with potholes that a bike with (at a minimum) front suspension is probably a seriously good idea.
(I've also looked into whether it's possible to cycle the West Highland Way. Apparently it is, although there's some parts that would require a dismount.)
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