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Cheers, and yes I only got to ride it on road on the way back from the station, but that was on the flat, going to need gears for the downhills too :)
My old full suss mtb had a 46t on its outer ring, and that was from a few years before this era, but still 3 x 9 speed, the big ring was great for slip streaming buses at full speed. I just had a better chain line for more of the time with that, as otherwise I was always in the outer gear or two. Besides I'll still have 2 whole rings to play with for off road duties :)
The whole 1x thing I have ZERO interest in so I'm definitely not going there, I think the jumps are too wide and you always wish for ones between them, and the huge cassettes look fugly and probly weigh as much as a wheel on their own. I'd 100% rather have 3 corn cobs with closer gears .
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That looks in amazing good condition and makes me feel sad about the state of my old Marin languishing in my parents garage!
Given most people now run 1x on their MTBs with 28 - 34t chainrings the idea of going even bigger than a 44t on the big triple seems mad! I imagine that desire came from riding on tarmac - might be worth contemplating riding it off-road properly first before making the change!