Was lucky enough to borry a Titus Motolite for a few hours riding the Marin Trail. Lovely lovely bike. I can see why they call full-sussers ‘skill compensators’, totally. But they do allow you to ride harder and faster, with less penalties than a HT, that’s for sure. Bewildering then that so many folk I see riding them are proper slow mincers… 😉
But coon’t help wondering how well I’d do on my HT. Probbly not as quick, but I’d at least like to know that I am reasonably competent on a bike, and can handle most things on me HT, than have to rely on a full boinger. I’m sure I could ride it nearly as fast, and I dunno about more ‘fun’, but a FS is a nice thing to have, for sure. I’d need to be a lot richer before I contemplated buying one though, as tbh, a HT is more than enough for most riding, certainly all the riding I do. I’d feel embarrassed only ever riding the likes of Epping, Swinley etc only on a FS but to each their own, just enjoy it innit?