I swapped all the bits off my 04enduro onto a 456 and love it. To be honest the enduro never seemed to fit me properly the 456 is just right. Most of my riding is done round "the chase" and anything more than 2.1 inch tyres is overkill.
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From full sus to hardtail...who's done it, why and regrets?
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Posted 2 years ago #
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I've got one of each but what I ride is normally a combination of where I'm riding and who I'm riding with. If the ground isn't too challanging, I'll go hardtail. If everyone else is on hardtails I'll do the same. So, on easy ground with HT riders, I'm on a HT.
On hrad terrain with HT ridrs I'm on a HT
With mixed riders on easy ground I'm on a HT
With mixed riders on hard terrain, I ride bouncy.I'm on a hardtail roughly 75% of the time.
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If I went back to full sus then it would just be for the comfort factor on longer rides and I'd probably go for single pivot to keep maintenance to a minimum. Mind you I quite fancy a Whyte e120 and at least they guarantee their bearings. None of my riding justifies it as I mange just fine with an 85mm hardtail now. One thing I am certain of though is that if I could only ever have one bike it would be a hardtail.
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My '99 Marin Eastpeak was broken over the winter. The swingarm bearings got changed under warranty but first bike shop didn't notice that it was the wear on the pivot hardware that had caused the bearing failure so the bearings went again a couple of rides later. By the time it had been back to ATBsales and back to get fixed, plus the time waiting for some other bits that I'd noticed were worn out while I was rebuilding it, I got fed up of being without a bike and bought a brandnew hardtail for £300 and put the 130mm forks and my decent wheels off the Marin on that.
I ride both bikes equally now.
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I've just bought a P7 to give the 575 a rest this winter.Rode it 3 times.
The 575 climbs better. Is more comfortable and easier to ride.
The P7 is easier to clean,steers nicely and that's about it. Me knees are aching,as is my lower back.
.....Must get the 575 up and running again.Posted 2 years ago # -
Couldn't be arsed constantly changing bearings and pivots so I moved back to a hardtail. It has rekindled my love of mountain biking to the point where I dont use my nice carbon roadie half as much as i used to. I can ride steeper more tech stuff on it too.
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used to have 2 fs bikes (xc/fr) and was happy running that way , bought an old P7 cheap with the intention of cleaning it up to sell at a profit. Went for a test ride and fell in love with it , this was after not riding ht for nearly 7 years.
After the test ride I got home and took all the good bits that would fit off the fs xc bike to go on the P7 and sold the fs. I love the feel of the steel ht frame it's so much more responsive than my old fs bike was.
I don't regret the change one bit and my 6" bike only gets used for gravity assisted duties now.
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