i didnt realise the mountains and hills had been upgraded to make them more technical, when did this happen?
I’m not quite sure how to put this, but, bridleways and footpaths were made hundreds of years ago to get people from A to B quickly(ish). Which meant straight lines. These days people spend hours in their local woods (winding people like TJ up as they claim Soctalnd is the one true country and they ride anywhere they like, while the rest of us just do it anyway :p) digging trails with these things called ‘corners’, ‘jumps’, ‘drops’ and ‘rock gardens’ in them.
Now get back under you bridge/onto retrobike.
p.s. Simon, just buy one! It’ll be slacker than your hardtail and about 3ft lower in the BB than your 222.