I too enjoy a pedal got 40mles in today 1st thing but the other day out to late like cycling in a oven ....
Late to this party, but got seconded into a cycling group in the spring, and found they did a lot off road, soft track stuff which my road bike was not suited for, so found a XO1 cross bike on the bay, same as I used to race in the late 90s/00s. Freshened it up and realised what I had forgot about and was missing. After rebuilding it, it’s the best 500 quid I’ve spent this year. 6 months on and a few thousand miles in, not felt this fit for years, only downside is the powered two wheels have languished in the garage unused all year.
I have fitted an electric kit on my MTB and it is awesome, I like the fact you can go further to go off roading, and the hills don't kill you,