I'm recently semi-retired and 65 years old. I've been riding 3 times a week for the last 6 months or so and prefer single track over double track or fire roads but I do some of that too. I started with a Spesh Tero X5 about a years and a half ago which I de-fendered. It's a pretty capable bike but I wanted something a bit more capable, so I picked up a'26 Levo Comp Alloy Gen4 and did a bit of upgrading to start. I put an electronic GX Transmission on it and a Fox 38 Factoty Grip X2 fork. Upgraded the rotors to H2S's with MTX Red Race pads and lastly some Schwalbe Magic Mary Radials. I'm loving the new bike! It's nice having a "real" mountain bike
I rode 13 miles today, I must have been lazy, I forgot to take a picture and my average speed was down a little bit. I included a picture from our recent trip to Switzerland, we are on the top of Jungfraugh. (sp?).
Sad to post that the rampage rider who crashed dreadfully in the video I posted Adolf Silvia is paralysed from the chest down, not an absolute prognosis, but not looking good