They are not as slow as you'd think!
Getting used more and more in xc races these days, they are quite a niche bike for muddy and rocky events.
These are used in endurance events 500mile and 1000mile epic ones at that, they are bombproof but still have to shift over all terrain.
Everyone is surprised at how well they ride, never had a person ride mine and hated it, quite the opposite.
They are heavy When you see the figures, but are now getting down to 27lbs for suspended Ti models to 35lb for the full fat steel moonlander I just got!
Seems a lot but it ain't when you ride them.
Only thing people go wrong on is tire pressures.......
Do the squeeze test to start with, sand and gravel beaches and snow you need to be around 5-8psi, harder ground still only takes 8-10psi and you stick and absorb the ground like nothing else.
Getting used more and more in xc races these days, they are quite a niche bike for muddy and rocky events.
These are used in endurance events 500mile and 1000mile epic ones at that, they are bombproof but still have to shift over all terrain.
Everyone is surprised at how well they ride, never had a person ride mine and hated it, quite the opposite.
They are heavy When you see the figures, but are now getting down to 27lbs for suspended Ti models to 35lb for the full fat steel moonlander I just got!
Seems a lot but it ain't when you ride them.
Only thing people go wrong on is tire pressures.......
Do the squeeze test to start with, sand and gravel beaches and snow you need to be around 5-8psi, harder ground still only takes 8-10psi and you stick and absorb the ground like nothing else.