Lately I've been riding the cross country hardtail everywhere. The tires aren't chunky, the build is light and the frame is quite snappy. Riding this for a few hours on dirt lanes, abandoned woodland roads and other unpaved whathaveyou has been swell. Sitting more upright with a wide grip is a both a commanding and a relaxed way to take in the terrain. Of course it still takes on proper mtb trails, but the point is that it works nicely on the more mellow end of dirt that we consider in this thread. In a sense, I am back to where I started.
