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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 🙂
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what clubber said
i posted a fotopic one too but it didnt show 🙁
Fully rigid Bianchi eh?
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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. 🙂