A recent dable with riding a hardtail off-road again after a year of nothing but full sus was fun but caused my niggling hip problem to return in the space of about 1 hour! So that really is it. No-more hardtail mtb for me. So I built up a 2008 orange 5 frame with the bits and had first ride at the weekend, its a fun fast bike but perhaps a "boring" obvious choice.
So show me your replacement bike if you've had to make the same decision, what did you go for to replace your hardtail with a bit of squish?
