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I started riding mountain bikes (or ATBs as we called them them) when they were in their infancy in the UK, back in the mid 1980s. They were so rare then that people used to shout out at you "Your engine's fallen out!!!". I had an Emmelle to start with then I got an English Cycles Range Rider!!! Then went on to getting Saracen and Muddy Fox stuff as the prices came down. I stuck with it and never looked back. Now with family and kids, my bike is used for commuting and pootling along trails, towpaths and quiet roads, but I got up to some real hairy off roading in my younger days. That and city cycle couriering in Leeds, where you really took your life in your hands!
No-one is too old to cycle, many of the road cyclist round here in the Yorkshire Dales are well into retirement age, along with many off road cyclists. Cycling of any type is good for the soul and the body, and good for our environment too. I couldnt imagine life without a bike, or a Telecaster.
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