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My steel-framed Bird Forge with a 160mm Lyrik on the front probably fits the niche.
Maiden voyaged in late summer and my poor neglected 160mm full susser (Aeris 1.5) has barely turned a wheel since. It’s absolutely chuffin’ brilliant.
Geometry is so, so good that it’s easy to forget it’s a hard tail on the local off-piste stuff. Only problem I’ve come across is my feet being pinged off the pedals after rattling into a rock garden etc.
They’re better than ever and there’s so many to choose from! I rode a Cotic Soul from 2010-2015, a Bird Zero AM from 2015 to now and have a Pipedream Moxie in the pipeline arriving early next year. Each bike is longer and slacker with bigger wheels and more travel than the one before.
My hardtail journey
2001 Raleigh something or other with 100mm fork- cracked riding steps
1990's norco with 50mm bomber- cracked by someone opening a car door into me
2001 maxlight with 100mm forks died when the down tube hit a rock when I crashed
After that I got a 2001 cove stiffee. Super slack 70 head angle and ran between 100 and 130mm forks. It had some u-turn rock shocks that were best at 115mm. Now it would be a gravel bike but it lasted me untill
2018 160mm hello Dave predecessor sick shrike. 62 head angle and 160mm of steel goodness.
The trails I ride haven't really changed. I picked my way down fort Williams dh run on the cove. There were all ace, bit in currently very happy on the dave
Many years ago I ran Rock Shox Judy DH forks on a hardtail . They were just 70mm travel! That was considered DH in those days!!
Yep, the red DH ones were 70mm travel, the yellow XC ones were 60mm.
Hard and indeed, core!
However coming from their precursor, the RS Mag 21 with 46mm of travel, it was quite revolutionary. Then Marzocchi came along with the Z1 and RS were left way behind!
RockShox? You lucky swines.
RST381 was all I had on my Clockwork c16r
(And thought I was lucky etc).
62 HA,485 of those reach things, 150 fork.
Just a hartail designed for my local trails.
No idea if it's hardcore or not.
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Mate has a PAce 529 and he's a big lad, soaks everything up, and I ride a FS.
I love my on one hello dave. I think @ta11pau1 is spot on regarding the front end being so capable but then you have nothing at the rear. Some form of rear rim protection is needed if you are riding rocky stuff. It has definitely made me ride differently to my trek remedy and it climbs better too.