I mich prefer buying old bikes and giving them new life. I’m still buying from bike shops for parts, but for sustainability and frugality, I’d much rather spend a couple of hundred on a new old bike, than a couple of thousand on a new new bike.

I rode it around some dedicated gravel/dirt cycle paths around my town. I live in an area that’s flat as a nats tit, so no real ‘mountain’ biking so to speak.