Following on from John's thread below (or maybe above depending on what's being said)...
What's the one thing that you think has been a step backwards for MTB's?
Biopace? Egg's? U-Brakes? There are some obvious candidates, but for me, because they were all reversed when the respective manufacturers realised they weren't that good, they are just a bad blip on the mtb cardiograph.
For me, it's more things like 100mm forks. Even when on a frame designed for them - they just look wrong. And they make the said bike look so ugly...all front end and no bum!
And they don't appear to be going anywhere - Quite the opposite - they're getting bigger!
I know I know, I'm a luddite and I never even use the full 80mm on my SID's and that makes me a woossy xc jey boy etc...
...but they look so crass!
What's yours?
What's the one thing that you think has been a step backwards for MTB's?
Biopace? Egg's? U-Brakes? There are some obvious candidates, but for me, because they were all reversed when the respective manufacturers realised they weren't that good, they are just a bad blip on the mtb cardiograph.
For me, it's more things like 100mm forks. Even when on a frame designed for them - they just look wrong. And they make the said bike look so ugly...all front end and no bum!
And they don't appear to be going anywhere - Quite the opposite - they're getting bigger!
I know I know, I'm a luddite and I never even use the full 80mm on my SID's and that makes me a woossy xc jey boy etc...
...but they look so crass!
What's yours?