Out with my mate for a ride last night – he on his 6" Marin and me on my fully rigid Bianchi. My first off-road ride for a few weeks and I had forgotten how "right" my bike feels.

Now my mate is no slouch – especially on the climbs – but he had a blast on my beasty and was very impressed about how fast my bike romped up the hills, always encouraging a bit more speed.

He's not the first full-suss riding mate to have forgotten the pleasures of riding rigid – the revival starts here 🙂

Is this like Gay pride but with a bit more pain because there is no give?

I think that the revival started about 10 years ago. If it ever went away…

I have three mtbs – rigid, hardtail, full sus – it's nice to have variety in life…

Christ this is a fresh thread for STW ! 😉

I think the database has gone wrong and dug up a thread from back in the gofar days 🙂

Is this like Gay pride but with a bit more pain because there is no give?

something like that 🙂

rigid bikes rock

@jedi Only if they have little wheels.

Edit: That pic wasn't there when I posted.

what clubber said

i posted a fotopic one too but it didnt show 🙁

Fully rigid Bianchi eh?

Brilliant wee bike, descended like a hare on steroids (or at least it felt like it did…)

@13thfloormonk
I must confess I wouldn't go back to v brakes tho' 🙂

an exciting (to me) addition to my OP is that he may want to borrow it for SITS instead of his full susser (not surprised, his bike felt like a worn-out mattress)

Bikes. If you're only racing yourself it doesn't matter how good anyone else's is. 🙂