Is anyone using a 27+ as a hardcore hardtail? I´ve been getting a bit hardcore on my Orbea Loki recently and have done tens of thousands of meters of uplifted Pyrenees descending in the last few weeks. I´m really, really loving it and it´s amazingly capable.
I’ve just built a Sonder Transmitter – the Alpkit bike – with 650B+ or whatever it is. Still getting used to it, but it’s brilliant over rocks and rubble even with ‘just’ 120mm up front. Loads of roll over, loads of grip, super confident feel. It’s amazing for holding speed over uneven ground – the frame’s proper slack and composed and a bit Ragley-esque.
I don’t know if it’s a ‘hardcore hardtail’, or what ‘hardcore’ is precisely, I think Alpkit call it a ‘trail hardtail’, but t has definite leanings that way…