Buy a mountain/gravel bike. If you've been fast on the road before it sucks to be slow, but going offroad gives you an excuse to be slow (and it's more fun).
Yeah, could try banging some spds on the hard tail and go for a long slow ride. I’ve never really used mtbs for that (more downhill / jumping) so might be a good change of pace
Buy a mountain/gravel bike. If you've been fast on the road before it sucks to be slow, but going offroad gives you an excuse to be slow (and it's more fun).