Out of genuine interest – why are they a hoot to ride / fun to ride ?
Is it the same sort of reason that fully ridgeds or SS fun to ride ?
Nope, it’s because:
1) They look like monstertrucks
2) Small children point you out to their parents like they’ve just seen their idol, adults just gawp.
3) They ride over stuff like monster trucks
4) The cornering* grip is out of this world. And when they do break traction they throw up huge clods of earth like a MX bike!
5) Like a rigid bike they bring a new dimension to relatively** tame trails.
6) They make trails that were unrideable for various reasons***, rideable, more trails = more fun.
*and braking, but as a result of ‘4’ you rarely have any need to call on it.
**relatively, the only thing holding you and your bike back is your skill/balls, I’d attempt most things on my rigid bike and my big FS, I’d just be faster on the FS.
*** mud, sand, strewn with fallen branches, not a problem on a fatty.