Dialled PA with Pikes is my only MTB. It's been adaptable enough that I've not really felt the need for anything else - use it for local blasts, trailcentres, the odd all-day ride, bit of arsing about on jumps, it does it all so well.
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Anyone ride fully rigid or hardtail as their sole bike?
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Posted 2 years ago #
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i have two bikes. one fully rigid winter mud bike/commuter and the other is a HT.
i had a full sus but found that it stayed in the garage and would only come out 10 times a year as my HT is more than adequate around my local trails.
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I did til about 3 days ago, tbh the Soul does everything I need from a bike but I decided I could do with something a bit more descendy for fort william and places like that. But I could "get by" with just the Soul, no bother.
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If my ribs could take it I'd be happy with a rigid bike. I don't know if other people suffer from it but on rough ground after riding for a while I get stabbing pains around my lower rib cage when riding a rigid bike.
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I went from having a trials bike, bmx, down hill bike, xc bike and street bike to just an xc bike. You miss the perks of having multiple bikes / options but you improve skills on a single bike. I mainly wanted a single ride as I couldn't afford to pimp them all as I don't like standard bikes
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Currently have two (working) bikes, both of which are rigid singlespeeds -a Surly 1x1 for offroad and Cotic Roadrat for road / light offroad. Pretty much all I need for the riding I do 90% of the time and both bikes refreshingly faff free. Have a third (geared) hardtail frame in the shed along with a set of (old, pre Taiwan) Bomber comp air forks which I'm trying to decide what to do with at the moment. I don't have enough spare bits to build it up as a complete bike but reckon I'll keep it in reserve for a gnarly day when I can cannibalize bits from the Surly. I can think of some rare occasions when some front suspension would be welcome on the Surly (a particularly rocky downhill last week springs to mind), but it somehow seems a bit wrong to not run it fully rigid. I think the 'zocchis may be a bit long anyway.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not some beardie "steel is real" evangelist - if I regularly rode somewhere a bit more hilly / rocky I'd definitely consider getting an long travel hardtail or perhaps an FS... but the fact is I don't so my bikes at the moment just suit their intended purpose really well.
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i use the hummer for 99% of my coaching.
hardtails rock
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Only ever owned hardtails and rigids, and ride rigid single speed mainly nowadays, also have a road bike for training on. Personally the only real development in all the years of biking I really rate are hydraulic disk brakes. The trails of Britain are not really that different than 20 years ago, when rigid was the only option.
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got 3 bikes.
Marin Quake - DH, silly rides
Merlin Malt - all day rides out in the peaks and NYM, commuting in Holland
GT Hans 'No Way' Rey - trials, jumping and commuting about sheffieldi've also got a road bike build in progress, but i'll probably never finish that as the merlin is good enough for my needs. I'd never buy a FS for xc duties. If i had to have one bike for all purposes, it'd be an early 90's GT Zaskar (about 12.5''!)
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I can't afford a full susser and don't want the weight or all the expensive pivots and bushings to replace.I never needed it in 1984 and don't need it now!!
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I never needed it in 1984 and don't need it now!!
What happened in 1984?
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hardtail here
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I have a 24 pound blinged out Santa cruz superlight - full XTR, DT1540 wheels etc and a rigid Cotic Simple. The Simple is all I ride. The Superlight gathers dust. I broke my Pace RC31 fork the other day and had to wait for a Nukeproof replacement so I was forced to ride the Superlight. It is a great bike but I really missed the Simple.
I am so glad its now fixed and I can get back to some real riding!
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I've just a long-fork HT (had 2 FS's, then an FS and race HT), and a commuter.
Keep a commuter, its the one you don't worry about if its stolen, that way you're not going to the shops on 'bling'.
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2 bikes, 456 with gears and revelations and Scandal with 1 gear and Rebas. Haven't used the 456 for a while as I'm loving the Scandal, and the 456 needs some tyres and grips. To be honest although I love the 456 I'm not even missing the longer fork at the moment. Might be different when it dries up a bit and things get faster. If I did get a full susser it'd be something like an Anthem for long days out, light and comfy.
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If you are commuting everyday you NEED a road bike with full mudguards.
I am managing fine with 1 MTB- a Foes with suspension both ends.When I had more MTBs they all always seemed to be in bits, but now I am happy with the bike as is and just maintain it.
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three hardtails, Giant XTC has RC31s up front. Never owned a full suss, don't need it where I ride.
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100mm hardtail MTB as main off road bike.
Rigid hardtail MTB as commuter/tourer.
Fast/racy road bike for fun on the road.
BMX for hurting myself properly.Would love a full susser, but:
1 - Can't justify another bike.
2 - I'm not sure it would make riding any more fun, just faster and with a greater possibility of broken limbs.
3 - Bikes have got very expensive again recently.
4 - Not sure riding more 'extreme' stuff would give me any more satisfaction. I think I'd just like to ride the same stuff I do now, but better.However, have met a couple of people recently who have built up old Giant full suss frames as budget bouncers, and this really appeals - might be my first ever self-build when I finally get access to a shed/workshop.
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I've got a full rigid Swift due to being stuck in London, budget & space limitations, laziness and creeping suspicion that I would be over biked.
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Have had lots of bikes over the years, and had lots at one time, but seemed to spend most of my time on my SS HT. So lots went and down to one SSHT and one 9sp HT. I have not missed the front mech yet. All seems just right for the moment, though I can borrow one of 'sprog' James FS (really DH) for the odd fling
down a DH track, once a blue moon.
I am a serial bike builder so can't last too long
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Hard tail here. Had a full suss, but fancied the pseudo-back-to-basics thing.
Love it.
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Just gone back to HT myself from a Yeti 575.
So now have a long travel HT, a DMR switchback.
A rigid SS Voodoo Wanga and another rigid SS parts bin commuter.Posted 2 years ago # -
ctk - Member
If you are commuting everyday you NEED a road bike with full mudguards.
funny - I have managed with mountainbikes for commuting for decades. Ful mudguards tho
Only hardtail MTBs here - wouldn't mind a full sus tandem tho as you can't stand up when peddalling so full sus would help
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HT for all my mtb'ing, I had FS'ers but just enjoy HT's more, a personal thing I guess. Got road bikes for the road, ratty steel mudguarded one for my commute, and a nice plastic one for shifting it
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