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After a slightly shaky start (boring local ride just to get some miles in and a dislocated finger) I now officially love my new MmmBop. Did a loop from Edale yesterday culminating in Jacob's Ladder which I've not done on a hardtail before and though it was definitely harder work it was also a LOT of fun.
Yep - recently splashed out on a Lynskey hardtail after 3 or so years riding full sus. Am now a hardtail convert!
I'm no racing snake, but I now truly love climbing and going uphill.
*gets coat*
I've just spent a week with switchbacks.com in Spain.
Conclusions:
2.5 dual ply supertacky's rock
Rear wheels are consumable items
My knees hurt
Hardtails are as quick as full sussers, but only over short distances before fear arm/leg pump kick in, and the the sussers leave them for dead once the rock gardens become boulder fields.
Seriously recomend them for a week if anyone here believes that the UK contains anything even remotely technical, most of the trails make Fort Bill look smooth!
Makes you pick your line better esp when I go back to the FS (except for crashing on jumps 😳 )!!. I like HT, FS and road bike all for different reasons and get equal but different buzzes off them 🙂
They're great but you don't get hardtail motorbikes do you.
[i]you don't get hardtail motorbikes do you[/i]
I think you will find you do!
They're great but you don't get hardtail motorbikes do you.
Oh yes. Fairly niche over here but huge in US with big smooth highways.
[url= http://www.onlinechoppers.co.uk/page_1217674433187.html ]Many examples here[/url]
I'm not knocking the full sus, I shall be building up another one next year when I sell my Heckler frame, I'd just forgotten how much fun a hardtail can be and felt the need to share 🙂
Good to hear flyingmonkeycorps as I'm picking up my new mmmbop from the post office tonight! Although I do tend to alternate between FS and hardtails on a 6 month rotation.
Went from a BFe to Prophet and now going to the MmmBop - pretty excited especially with winter coming. 'King cheap too at 150 squidlets.
So then "bikes = fun" then?
So then "bikes = fun" then?
WOAH THERE!!!!
this is stw, dont ever, ever suggest something that could be agreed on, the world might collapse.
Oh yes. Fairly niche over here but huge in US with big smooth highways.Many examples here
Hey I didn't know that, some phat bikes there.
OK you don't get off-road hardtail motorbikes then 😉
OK you don't get off-road hardtail motorbikes then
Yes you do, my dad had a 1940's vellocette with (still working!) air forks and no rear suspension :p
Wrong!
Hardtail = boring + rattly*.
*Each to their own - as long as you were enjoying yourself 🙂
As a man who just sold his hardtail to replace it with a short travel full-sus, I do agree. My last ride on the hardtail was a hoot as ever. You can't beat a lightweight hardtail for having fun getting the back end to step out of line when putting the power down out of corners.
I think my full-sus will be less tiring for racing, and quicker over bumpy stuff (you can't just sit in the saddle and keep pedalling the same way on a hardtail), but I'll always be keen to keep a hardtail/rigid bike in the stable when I have room and funds.