Weight of a mtb compared to a Trek hybrid

[Miranda]

Hmm, how much more does the mtb type tread slow you down (and also jarring with suspension w/o a lock out option)...

A guy in a lbs finally described what I wanted to say about this very thing to a dear GF who wants me to do paved bike paths with her using my mtb...

"I feel like I'm going no where fast".

I told the shop guy he nailed it right on the head of how I felt about it too.

For a mtb I own a Trek wsd 4500 hard trail (only front end suspension and no disc brakes--good stopping power in wet conditions, but heavier brakes).

About this time last year I think, there was a lovely thread of someone's beautiful "slush queen" bike a lbs built for the gal. She got much "oooo & ahhhh" and was said to be too beautiful for slush. But, her owner said it was her destiny... so be it. I might dig around for the thread. Can you tell she left quite an impression on me as well? Thinking... maybe it would give you some ideas for modifications on how to make what you have work better or something.

I was thinking you could fix up a cheap beater bike as suggested with those tires. I have a 25yr+ bike in my garage that would make a nice beater bike. But, she's steele... and if you load her on the bus as posted, that could really start to sux pretty quick (she's soooo heavy, much more than my current mtb). Going to search for the "slush queen"...

EDIT: Below is the link to the thread with the "slush kicker" she was called, not queen... I was pretty close on the wording...

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...ighlight=slush