What do you guys think? Suspension a must? Or not?
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NAILTRAIL96":3eu62qth said:
So, at what age do you need it :?:
Anyway, suspension (front or rear) doesn't take away what off-road riding is all about. It's not as though having 150mm travel front and rear makes every sort of terrain feel sanitised and like a main road - you still have to work and have rider input (and lots of it), not just float along as if you were on a magic carpet.
Unless you just ride on really smooth, tame tracks, of course....
There's a place for rigid, hardtail and FS IMHO - I have at least one of each and which I choose to ride largely depends on how I feel on the day and not on the terrain. It keeps an old man on his toes, and a change is as good as a rest, they say.
+1 for that ^^
i have a full sus and hardtail with front sus.
had rigid - never really did XC with it though.
i like my boingy stuff, i like big tyres, i dont mind the weight (i'm far from a weight weenie) coz i figure that it'll make me work harder, lose a few more pounds and keep them spare tyres at bay
some days i'll feel like cracking out the full sus and gobbling up the tree roots, other days i'll want a more considered ride and take the hardtail.
as far as i'm concerned, its not whether its needed, its whether you feel like it no harm in giving your self the option.
i have a full sus and hardtail with front sus.
had rigid - never really did XC with it though.
i like my boingy stuff, i like big tyres, i dont mind the weight (i'm far from a weight weenie) coz i figure that it'll make me work harder, lose a few more pounds and keep them spare tyres at bay
some days i'll feel like cracking out the full sus and gobbling up the tree roots, other days i'll want a more considered ride and take the hardtail.
as far as i'm concerned, its not whether its needed, its whether you feel like it
no harm in giving your self the option.
I ride with suspension as i like to go for long 80-100k rides but for quick XC racing I think rigid it actually better if your arms can take it.
There is a local race I compete in and the winner of this years series always rides a aluminium rigid bike with magura rims brake and a 1x8 drive train. Everyone else rides a expensive front suspension XC specific bike and he rules!
It doesn't matter what you ride, it's your ability that counts!
There is a local race I compete in and the winner of this years series always rides a aluminium rigid bike with magura rims brake and a 1x8 drive train. Everyone else rides a expensive front suspension XC specific bike and he rules!
It doesn't matter what you ride, it's your ability that counts!
jujupunk":30zsy5kk said:
Nice!!! Ability is lacking at the mo, but I will be building it up slowly as my shoulder heals. Need to practise and then see what I think, but the skills will come hopefully!! I'm not looking to become a hardcore racer but having the ability to ride properly is obviously a must.
I'm going to get a front suspension bike, and keep the P7 original I think, then I can choose between the 2 depending on what mood I'm in!
Cheers ;-)
