Opinions on Hybrid

[Ivanerrol]

I managed to get this for a very cheap price - $0.00
It was a prize in a competition. The winner didn't ride it an put it in the garage for a few years.
Now I have it.


It's virtually a brand new bike. However as usual needed pulling down and servicing - grease gone hard, levers not working etc etc.

I was going to give it to a friend. He's 75 years old. He is insistent on doing some exercise on a bike. He tried a flat bar roadie but the "tyres were too narrow".

He proposes to go on bike paths only 99% paved or concrete - maybe some gravel.

The bike above has great big nobbly tyres, 21 speed low ratios. Most likely described as a dirt/trail bike.
It weighs as much as two of my road bikes.

Question: Will I just get some more suitable tyres to suit bike paths? Or is this a waste of a bike specific to dirt?
Should I just Gumtree this bike and find a suitable hybrid for him?

[MattyK]

Dude, he's 75 and wanting to exercise.
Speed barely matters. As long as the tyres have enough grip to not fall over on him, just let him at it.

[twowheels]

Dude, he's 75 and wanting to exercise.
Speed barely matters. As long as the tyres have enough grip to not fall over on him, just let him at it.

+1

[Calvin27]

Buy him a gumtree bicycle and keep that one in the mint condition it is in.

Yeah, I know it's probably not going to be a collectors item, but man sure reminds me of my first non-kmart mtb. Especially love the alu box section rims!

[twowheels]

Please deflate the tyres and do something about those valve stems

[Ivanerrol]

Please deflate the tyres and do something about those valve stems

I was going to replace the nobbly tyres with more road friendly ones - but since have decided these will do the job. Will fix the tube errors.
The bike has been sitting for a few years so new tubes maybe required in any case.

We are not going to bother with a hybrid. If my friend can't ride this bike he won't be able to ride any two wheel bike.