i've never understood this avoiding braking bumps just cos you're on a hardtail - that's part of the fun! i love the wheel-sized holes on la pleney. also, the braking bumps regularly get filled in and smoothed out by local trailbuilders.
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Morzine on a hardtail???
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Posted 1 year ago #
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I'll dickwave and say I've been there with a fully rigid. (And a hardtail and two FSs.)
It's just as much fun on any of them. More suspension mainly just means you can go longer without being knackered - by mid afternoon each day of pumping rigid forks through rocks I couldn't brake anymore, but that's nature's way of saying you've caned the calories so hit the tartiflette and the lager early
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last time I was in Morzine the Pleney was so bad I peeled off halfway down onto an off piste track and never rode it again in the fortnight I was there - there's nothing fun about braking bumps all the way down a simple fast DH track even on a DH bike.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Im not the worlds best rider and I HATED Pleney with a passion. Only the last bit(s) through the trees/under the tunnel are fun. Blasting down a wide open bumpy track aint fun in my view. After all we are singletrack riders aren't we on here?
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Pleney is dull; even when it is running well (e.g. the morning after being skimmed) it is still dull. Chavannes is the same. Big wide motorways with a few badly thought out sloppy bits under the trees. Much the same as GW, we rode Pleney once, same with Chavannes and then used the lifts to access other trails off the same hills.
Chameleon78, if you are asking whether you should take your hardtail to the Alps or beg/borrow/steal a full susser then I would definitely say the latter. For a 'laugh', we took both our DH bikes and hartails out a few years ago. The hardtails didn't see much use.
If, however, you will only ever have the one bike and are weighing up whether it is worth going to Morzine at all because that is all you have then yes, you should definitely go and whilst you will get a fair bit more beaten up than when you've been in the past with your 5 Spot, you should also have an idea of what trails will be better suited to a hardtail. If you don't, you could always get a guide for a day and try and be specific about the trails you would like to ride.
Posted 1 year ago # -
The Swiss Cup track and the tracks at Morgins are good on a hardtail, not too many braking bumps
Posted 1 year ago #
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