>>1800086Yes, definately
It's actually insane how inefficient low end mtbs are. I overhauled one recently for someone and rode it maybe 5km with some hills to test it out. So it had fresh grease in the bearings even, and a new chain, and it would have been a lot worse before. Holy fuck. The difference is absolute night and day. Sinking into the fork on every pedal stroke. How fucking abysmally slow cheap knobblies ride.
Gave me flashbacks to getting my first road bike in high school, some low end steel racer for $80 when i'd been riding a mtb for so long. Truely amazing getting something fast.
