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@Garyb
I need some help/advice from you guys.
Most of my life my passion has been cycling/riding, and up until about 4 years ago I rode MTB (4x/trials/street, etc). Since meeting my partner and starting a family I haven't sat on a bike, in fact I decided to sell my old faithful as she wasn't being used and I thought it was better that someone else enjoyed her.
Bikes took a back seat since I started climbing too, however since dragging out my landlord's old Carlton that was stashed in the back of the shed and stripping it down the bug has resurfaced.
I was dead set on rebuilding it as a fixed gear, however I sat on it and it is way too big for me, so I'm just going to restore it. Before I realised it was too big I joined up here and was sucked in by all the lovely road bikes, something I've never really been interested in. So I've been looking for a new frame, and the more frames I look at the more I'm starting to sway towards a MTB style frame.
I started looking at all the old 70s bike which ooze class, then I seen the Surly Steamroller and thought I want one, then I seen the Identiti Persona and now I want that.
The problem is this I wanted a fixed gear to cycle to work on, but the furthest train station I can cycle to is only 1 mile away as the River Mersey stops me going any further, and so a traditional road bike wouldn’t really be a good choice. I’m now 27 and I feel like I’m getting too old to ride something like the Persona as a fixed or single. So what do I do? I’ll get another MTB in the future when I have time to ride it as my weekends are taken up with family time.
I’m desperate for a bike but I’m confused as to what is best for someone that will only be riding a couple of miles a day and feels to old to ride street/urban. Do I just get a Surly or Identity and have fun for 2 miles a day or do I wait for a nice vintage to cruise to the station on…or do I just no bother and wait until my weekends free up in about 2 years time (my partner is a trainee midwife so she has to work weekends if her mentor does, which is more often than not….)
Thanks
A couple of pics of my old bike