How Hard Can You Ride On A Hardtail Mountain Bike?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.ย. 2024
- We always get asked, what can I ride on my hardtail MTB? Dirt jumps? Enduro? Freeride? Downhill? Is it only good for XC? Well Blake's been listening, so thought he'd demonstrate exactly what a hardtail can do!
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As Blake says, his hardtail differs slightly to what yours may be at home, featuring more aggressive angles, a beefy wheelset and a low bottom bracket that makes it perfect for his kind of riding! But this just proves that if you adapt your riding to suit the bike, you can ride a lot on a hardtail!
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This video has really lifted my spirits and confidence for my hard tail because I cant afford anything else but it’s really nice to see someone who can show me that it doesn’t matter the bike you ride but it does matter how much fun you have
But this hardtail is Made for this kinda stuff and is like 2000 dollar
@@hoineenietjij3331 yeah mine is 350 pound its a Carrera Vulcan this would not stand on any of this
@@HumorsOfwhiskey yea me2
6 9 i Also think so but iT doesnt mean its bad hardtails are fun and fast great for XC
personal technics is what really matters
He’s so good I’m pretty sure he could ride a tricycle on all these trails
uhhhhNick possible Sam pilgrim reference?
Or a unicycle
Uh. That would be easier than riding a bike. That’s kind of the whole point of tricycles.
Hahaha
Or a kid's bicycle with training wheels.
80% Rider 20% bike... Of course it can, haven't you seen all the riders in the 80's and 90's?
Back in the day 90% of the riders were on hardtails. It forces you to really learn how to absorb bumps with your legs/arms/body.
start with bmx racing and you can race everything 🤘🏻
Hendrik Ruf I was raining about bmx the whole vid 🤣 it’s all in the rider.
I'm selling my expensive maintenance downhill bike and getting an aggressive hartail. Freedom :)
Don't sell, still buy the hardtail.
Aggressive hardtails are some of the most well-rounded bikes out there. Also, some of the best looking bikes too. Less is more.
I agree with ya , I've got a commencal meta ht 29er thing is a beast . I've thrown a lot at it and it just takes it like a champ.
I had a pipedream moxie , a beast in all kind of trails, even in the most gnarly is always composed. Awesome
@@danhart2411 where did you purchase or find your commencal? I’m looking into meta ht am
Totally agree on normal trails and that but for freeride, like big drops, jumps and just overall comfort , I struggle with a ht and just prefer full suspension
Agreed. I have 2 full suspension bikes, but recently bought a Santa Cruz Chameleon and it's an absolutely fantastic bike! (Tho a little heavier than expected, however it's definitely strong!)
Love my hardtail for everything beside rock gardens haha
Pete Horn amen brother
Well, the stuff I ride is just rocks, rocks, and more rocks.
I can't stand coming into a berm with patch of breaking bumps leading into it on my hardtail.
Derek Smith well with my local trail (llandegla) the fucking start all the way to the end of the berms have like 10cm deep breaking bumps! As I am too young to work I only have a hard tail so it is true torchure.
That’s my favorite thing to ride on my hardtail! Love the out of control feeling you get at you bounce through the rocks.
A good hardtail rider is in the zone reading every inch of trail, noticing every little rock, root and undulation, working the bike and the terrain constantly with brain synapses firing on all cylinders at lightning speed ... by comparison a lot of full-suss riders are kind of 'brain in neutral', comatose even, at least in terms of awareness of the trail's fine details, the minutiae of what they're actually riding on/over, they just pedal and steamroller everything. As a consequence they need high speeds and/or plenty of "trail features" (typically man-made - e.g. jumps etc.) just to feel the same rush and same level of pump and "trail high" as a hardtail rider feels on what might otherwise look like a mundane piece of singletrack, simply as nature provides it.
Buck Rodgers
Which is why I always say: be sure your FS is an adequate bike for your uses and not just a crutch.
Well said!
i can find challenging bits around where i live for my nooby HT riding, hardly would i be able to achieve the same running some full blown enduro bike without having to travel to bike parks.
The best bike is a dirt jump bike it keeps ya on your toes when your riding gnarly downhill
Well said!
A video with blake is always a great video
Blake is becoming my favorite presenter. He seems to always be having fun! Great video too. Always great to see some hardtail love.
Dude you know you're a good rider when you're casually riding a set of big dirt jumps and talking at the same time
Easy to yell awe F@ck as you eat shit on the first big jump. Guess I'm god tier.
Those of us that grew up in the 80s before suspension know the answer- of course they can. It’s all we had back then so we had to make them do everything. Still riding a hardtail and still shredding.
Exactly , getting to the bottom of the hill and your arms were bright red and shaking from the vibrations
And the brain got a bit of a shaking, too. It was the same amount of challenge and fun on much easier trails. I rode my no suspension MTB until 5 years ago and it was still a great experience. Of course you can do much more on a modern fully, but you need a different track for the same amount of endorphins. Mountain biking has become an arms race in a way, which is fun if you enjoy hi tech and can afford it.
Didn’t even have front suspension forks on my 1990s mtb, which I still ride and it goes everywhere.
I’m still riding my fully rigid old school S works. Wouldn’t change it.
I race downhill on my 120mm hardtail because that’s all I can afford and I still beat some of the kids my age who were on their dh rigs
ik same here all the kids that brag there good cause of there bike and they cant do anything
I'm in my 40's and I beat kids half my age on my hardtail.
Elias Mårtenson så bra😉
honestly for some downhill couses i think a hartail would be better than a fs. I'm not sure why people see having a hardtail as a bad thing.
Its not the bike its the person who rides it...
When people say can you do stuff on a hardtail generally they mean a 3x suntour coil fork bike, entry level not a hardtail that’s better than most full suspensions
In what category would you put the RST Dirt 100mm? I have one in my Ozono M918, along with 26in wheels(pretty cheap tires, but the rest is decent) it's my daily bike and sometimes I go to the track with it(has taken some good crashes here and there)
marcox43 haven’t heard of the fork but I would recommend good Tyers over many parts so you should gat some grippy Tyers
I just upgraded my hardtails fork it’s so much better
You are right
I bought a trek marlin 5 because it was the cheapest bike i could get w/ hydraulic disc brakes... Its currently falling apart and the shop said even curbs arent good for it... Am i just a bad owner because i just wanted a bike that i could ride on trails and do jumps on
I had a Hardtail but it was robbed yesterday. R.I.P me
Report it and include the serial and any mods you've made. There's a reddit for looking for bikes that have been stolen to check out as well as Facebook groups that do the same. It would also be a good idea to check out local flea markets and craigslist posts. A guy in my town just got his bike back by doing that. He reported the theft along with the serial number and when he saw his bike for sale on craigslist 2 weeks later he set up a meeting with the seller and brought the police along. He got his bike back and the seller got a free ride and bracelets to the nearest detention center.
I love hardtails!!
Do they make you hard? ;)
@@lilmikey6902 oh hell nah xD
Hell ywh
Take it with pride that your bike is cheaper than others bikes but you still can compete with them, I am sponsored by my local bike shop, but I choose to ride a $1,250 hard tail in races and $700 hard tail on my free time. If your good at what you do because of your bike, are you actually good?
@@hardtailrider4685 I do ride a generic Hardtail that's around a hundred. As long as it does what I throw at it well, I'm happy
Better yet.. How hard can you ride a budget hardtail lol 500-600 USD range haha
I rode a downhill Park on a half-broken hardtail I found in the trash. It's not comfortable, but it's doable
Really depends on your skill built my hard tail for 500 bucks and it dose everything downhill races to dragging my daughter on the tag alone bike
Exactly... I guess 50% of us here can only afford 500-600 usd mtb.
I can't believe we live in an era where a $700 bike is considered 'beginner'. The First World is spoiled. :)
You can ride it inside the compound of home for the aged
Did anyone not notice that I nearly hit a squirrel at 7:56 🤣🤣🤣
Blake Samson I didn’t but that was close lol
Is "hitting a squirrel" some kind of dirtjumpers slang? :P
I ran over a chipmunk once, crossed my path, felt the bump on the wheel, something hit my foot, I didn't want to look back and see what happened.
Did not see it until i read your comment, rewinded and there it was: the tail of a dangerous squirrel, danger close to your powerwheelie 😱
Not really haha was really hypnotised watching you rock on a hard tail!! 🤘🤘
Blake is one fun, wheeliein', manuallin' kinda guy! Love his addition to GMBN...
My favourite thing about your videos, Blake, is your obvious enthusiasm and love for what you do. You're an inspiration for all of us!
I’ve been riding my hard tail for 20+ years. It’s handled the Santa Cruz mountains (steep hills, roots, water, rocks), Texas hill country (rocks galore), and easy peasy trails. It’s been through water and a few crashes. It’s never needed any major repairs, just basic inexpensive maintenance that I can mostly do myself. Your legs are your rear suspension. You get really strong legs. 😂
Blake is the mvp of the team, love his style and delivery. Keep up the great work Blake!
GMBN is just the best MTB channel in Europe!
the best MTB channel
it's also a good channel! i watch them both
I'd say the best Scott's MTB channel. For me That 1 sponshership is sketchy.
NO!! GMBN is the best anything related channel in the universe 🌌
And when I say GMBN I mean GMBN tech also!
Blake's presenting skills have developed really well! Awesome work!
Martin Middleton thanks dude. Means a lot 🤘🏼😁
It's good to see what he's capalabable of. 0:50
Blakey makes it look so easy though, I'm envious of the skills Mr Samson.
27 years on Hardtails and Fullies, crossed the alps, did Marathons, avoided bike-parks, enjoyed trail-parks. Last year i have faced facts and noticed that i´m to old go for high drops, rock-gardens etc. and too young for a boring gravel-road si i bought a 29 plus Hardtail with 120 mm travel, 3 inch tyres and a dropper post. Works everywhere and brought me back to regular biking in any conditions. For me, i benefit more from fat wheels giving tons of traction and safety than from rear suspension. YES, i sometimes miss it and need to slow down - but most of the time i speed up!
10:32 that was smooth af
Ads are smooth
Glad to see more hardcore hardtails coming on to the market. I feel like many people think of a hardtail as just an entry level XC bike, but the aggressive geo of some of these trail hardtails makes for a super fun ride!
Got rid of my full suspension for an all mountain hardtail (commencal meta HT AM) and it is honestly the best of all worlds IMO. Its better at climbing than a full suspension but still gives you a tremendous amount of confidence on the downhill and in my opinion is just way more fun.
this interests me as ive been looking at a commencal ht for a while now, can i ask what full suspension bike you had?
Padraic Bronson I had an entry level diamondback so it was much of a surprise. However I've ridden expensive full suspension santa Cruz, intense, and kona bikes and I would still argue that while those bikes are more capable on the downhill, my commencal AM ht is a better all around bike and I would argue a lot more fun too. But that's just my opinion
Cool! thanks!
My next Mtn bike will be a Hardtail, getting back to just riding for fun again. I am not a Dirt Jumper, Downhiller, Freerider, or Trials kinda rider. Just love to ride. 😁
John Day coming from East Anglia in the UK ( which is flat as a pancake) having a full suss bike just isn't needed. Like you, just love to get out on the Hardtail, enjoy the views / trails and have a bit of fun.
Dale Mandell It's not flat or totally groomed trails here in Oklahoma, but I do love a little of everything. I started on a Hardtail and just love the simplicity of them. I tend to ride technical, rocky trails and climbs with loose debris, but I never really needed a Full Suspension
Mate, your hardtail is probably the best hardtail you can get, and I don’t think people have hardtail’s as good as that.
Yeah that hard tail is extreme and nice then a lot of full suspensions
Im 39 years old just bought my first hardtail a Giant Fathom 1, I used to be into Motocross years back and are suffering with a badly damaged knee.. I am determined to get prober into MTB and have done a lot of research, This channel amongst others has been super helpful I am super unfit and will have to start from the very beginning, however I live near mountains with some really nice MTB trails and have co-workers that already are into the sport. I am so stoked on this. Thanks for all the great content guys and girls
jestt600 wow! I'm 39 too and I have been considering getting my first MTB for like 3months now but not sure which and if I should. You are inspiring me buddy thanks
@@ahmedbusari2016 thanks for your kind words buddy :) all I can say is to go for it life is to short to miss out... All the best
I got a 27.5+ hardtail with 120mm travel, its Great.
Me to
Same
Same
me as well, love it
Ayyy same
I love this guy (Blake?). He's my favorite on the channel. Great energy!
may the hardtail live forever,my on one 26" hardtail is my fulfilment of life.
Hell yea bro
Yeah man 26” will never die, I have a MkI Ragley bluepig, love it
To those saying you can't do this on a cross country or entry level hardtail, you're wrong. The biggest difference is the beefy fork, which can be put on any hard tail. And when you have more money, upgrade wheels/cranks etc.
Thats what i thought. If you have a fairly entry level hard tail you can always upgrade the parts like wheels,forks,cranks etc when you have the spare money. I know it ends up meaning you spend the same in the long run but i see it as your riding ability grows as your bikes ability grows.
I bought myself Vitus Sentier Vrx 27.5 back in 2018 mostly after this vid. And now after 5 years later I've never had a better experience in my life than this bike. In has almost all swapped parts due to some cracks, breaks and wear (CRC was always great with warranty) . But it's still the same 27.5" 140mm (or 160mm for bike park trips) shredding machine. 15+k all year kms on it, hundreds of street, pump track, dirt jump, trial sessions. 5 great trips to big mountains with everything from chair lifts to big all-mountain rides. Love it only more!
You are the Great Blake in the dirt, man--that video was beautiful and hardtails are beautiful and those trails, well, some guys have all the luck. Thanks. Blake, and keep riding your hardtail hard.
Nukeproof Scout is on order Blake. Looking forward to chucking it around! Cheers for the inspiration
Before Bikepark Wales, it's just used to be Gethin Woods forestry commission ground, there was a DH track there and it was accessible when used as a venue on the Dragon Series (Welsh DH series). I was there, it was pouring down, it was scary, conditions were far from ideal, but I remember very clearly a young man on a 26" hardcore hardtail and he was the fastest man down the track for a very long time, embarrassing the first half of the full suss category.....he was killing it. Proof enough of the 20% bike, 80% rider rule.
Neil Blundz no one cares?
Aaron Kirkaldy at least you did😉
You cared enough to respond😘
I feel touched....not like in a creepy uncle kinda way😗....but touched none the less😂
Neil Blundz
26" hardtails are _the_ underdog of MTB, and they're low-key amazing. Get a good rider on one and you'll flabbergast a shitload of folks. Then again, it _was_ the standard for MTB in the early days before the 29er popped up, so 26ers have history behind them.
Just got into Mtbing, I have a budget XC hardtail with a nice frame and I’ve been upgrading everything I can to make it more aggressive and more capable on the descents. I’ve gotten wider bars, shorter stem, hydraulic brakes, wider grippy tires, a 20mm longer air fork to steepen the head angle, grippy flat pedals and grips if you count those. Gonna convert to a 1x10 soon too to replace a noisy 3x8.
Just bought a Ragley Big AL29, for 2019. Perfect for a six-foot rider. Swapping the fork for a Suntour Auron 35 & a NOBL TR38 front wheel. Look-out weekend-weenies on your $five-grand full suspension rigs. Here I come.
Ok thanks to this guy now you can only blame on yourself and your poor skills when going slow
Im riding a HT is not a excuse no more
I like hardtails because tou can take them to the track, jump with them, do tricks with them and use it to ride home without having to pay more than $1000
Blake is such a good rider. Wish I lived in the uk just so I could learn from him
I used to launch off jumps w my Haro Vector back in the day. No suspension whatsoever. I love my Trek Roscoe 6. Things a beast, and enough of a reason to head out into the trails and get out for a while. Not to mention its a thousand times better than that deathtrap of a bike my parents got me as a kid.
I just bought a used 26” hard tail Xtrada 4 & can’t wait to hit the trails. First I Got to train my kids & condition myself after not riding for 30 yrs! But I am coming!
Now do it on a $600 mongoose/GT/Diamondback etc.
See if they break.
And then compare to that rocket ship youve got in this vid.
The Mongoose Yeah, but do it on a cheap full suspension and it probably wouldn’t do much better. You can get a lot better of a hardtail for the same money.
My gt aggressor has taken a few beatings down hill on 75mm forks
Christian Donovan and THe GT doesn’t break because the frame has triple triangle 👊🏻
The Mongoose do it on a 600$ Trek, Specialized or Scott and it won’t break
Try it on a £500 voodoo or gt
I don't mean to be "that guy" but everything you rode was smooth as the back of a spoon. Even the roughest rooted areas you rode would be the smoothest thing I would be riding. I'm jealous of that front fork, looked pretty nice!
Thanks for mentioning that.
Lots of rocks where I live.
Blake with Lycra :o
Still no clipless tho :D
This might be my favorite video in that everything was just nailed. Blake nailed the presentation, the music was perfect for the "atmosphere", the scenery and filming were top notch. The "Style vs Speed" video was pretty awesome too though for the same reasons.
There's a reason most of the pro riders at Glentrees ride HT in Autumn/Winter. You get to polish your skills and you save on repairs and maintenance fees. Starting on full suspension is the worst thing any beginner can do, it'll reinforce negative habits and completely stall your progress as a rider. Owning a HT is absolutely crucial for any committed rider.
I'm worried what the mountain bike community is becoming. Especially if people need to ask if a hard tail will be able to ride a type of trail! Do modern mountain bikers live in a closet and are unable to go out and ride something to find out if it's possible. Just as all us older riders did back in the day. Hell I rode competitive xc, dh and even 24hr all on the same bike.
tell me about it....I'm surprised one of the questions this video didn't answer was "can I ride gravel on a hardtail"
When i was a kid we did all that stuff on a malvern star dragster lol.
Which bike did you use?
So tell me, I wanna ride quite a gentle downhill over a rocky path, many stones the size of my foot in places, can I use a rigid like I wanna buy?
A new video: “How hard can you ride on a budget XC bike?”
Love my specialized Fuse.
Did we forget this is all a lot of us had for many years. Hardtails for life.
I can definitely see that hardtail-nostalgia hitting you with this bike, it's crazy 😁 Thank you sir, helped a lot 🤜🤛
You enlighten me! I dont have money to buy full suspension and im using hardtail bike. I love mountains and downhill but they always say i cant do dh because im using hardtail. Btw im no hardcore but i just love downhill. Thanks for the great vid!
Sooooo nice having a GMBN presenter who isn't a tree
Scotty+Neil+Marc
everyone who asks this should watch "out of mind" by Fabio wibmer
Love my ON ONE HELLO DAVE. Highly recommend is for your all rounder. I smash miles and the hills during the week and bike parks and downhill at the weekend
It's all about how good you are. I've been smoked by a guy running a fully rigid single speed while I was on a 27 speed full suspension.
Please more Hardtail videos :-)
I ride my hardtail on xc trails, and dirt jumps. It's perfectly capable...
"Don't put a world cup downhill track in front of it" mate you need to have a look at phil atwill
Literally Raised my Confidence on my Hardtail Trek Bike!!!
THANK MAN!!!
GOD BLESS US ALL!!!😊🌄😇💖💯
My aggressive HT hammers everything. I hit everything my enduro mates do. I have 160 lyriks on there so can belt up and down anything. It also teachs you how to ride a bike properly. use your legs and lean into corners. So much fun.
I have ridden a hard tail all my live and its great
So have I there awesome bikes ...
Blake samson your the best and i have a hardtail.Is a GIANT ATX 2018
"You can throw anything at this bike and it will take it on!"..... So you are saying it's nuke proof!
no. Stop
Bullseye Fowl fantastic pun
Gottem
Good one. 😁
Hey, that sure would make a good brand name! 🤔
I might have to cash in on that
Love the Blake's passion for hardtails!
riding a schwinn mesa hardtail with yellow judy rock shock , and a rear rack got me some looks at the ski lodge/downhill. most fun i ever had...
That hard tail is nice but could do with some cheese grips 😂
callum.w 🤣
Hell yeah 👏
I have a £250 hardtail and I do everything on it: downhill, jumps, single-track getting to and from places. You name it
Love my hardtail. Definitely requires more finesse on those jittery descents.
I own a 2016 ragley piglet as my only mountain bike. It is made of steel and can handle almost everything i can throw at it. Anyone who is wondering i can throw a lot at it- it can handle everything from downhill racing to 6 ft drops! Truly an amazing aggressive bike
I have had a GT Chucker 2 (I gave that bike to my mate so he could ride with me when I got my Giant and he still rides it to this day and loves it), a GT Ruckus, a Specialised Fatboy TRX BMX, (I sold those 2 bikes to make room for and buy my Giant), I currently have a Norco Ryde 26 I bought earlier this year and a Giant Anthem X29er I bought in 2013. The X29er is a fantastic duel suspension cross country bike and I have ridden many hundreds of kilometres on it but I have still got a soft spot for all the hard tail bikes. I don't think I will ever stop loving the simple dirt jumper bikes. They fit in the car easily or on the bike carrier, less to go wrong on them and I love how manoeuvrable they are and the way they deliver the power you put in. Now I am not a good rider but I love riding all of my bikes but a hard tail bike just makes me feel happy. Plus I love doing little front yard jumps on it.
I got a Norco bigfoot and I honestly end up going harder and fast on that thing then I do on by enduro simply coz I'm not worried aboit breaking it
Crocsta
One more benefit of HTs: they're fucking solid.
I've never heard of people breaking the suspension on their full suspension bike. They are just as solid if you buy a good one. The thing that breaks first are derailers. Really, you're going to ride faster, smoother with a FS, so less likely to get bounced and crash.
Phil Fraikin well even some higher end hardtails tend to be cheaper than most entry level FS bikes, so there may be something to the idea that hardtails are easier to rip around, at least psychologically. How people ever muster up the courage to trail ride $10000 bikes is beyond me.
Except when we compare, we're talking about bikes on the same level. And HTs have one advantage over a FS of a similar level: the frame is solid, with no moving parts.
I'm more worried about my Shimano wheels that costed about the same as the bike itself.
id like to know how many times you did those tracks before filming? xD , im getting back into it in my late 30s. After 15 years, wish my spine luck.
Mid 30’s and just getting back after many many years. Took the week off to ride trails with my son, and it snowed!
I have been thinking about getting one of those Nukeproof Scout Hardtails. Do you think I should get it?
Of course
erhonestly i would consider getting a 29er like the alutech cheaptrick. In my opinion the big wheels make a lot of sense on an agressiv hardtail. Because it will help finding traction- especially on braking. Plus a hardtail will be plenty twitchy anyway, even if it has wagon wheels ;)
Edit: There are also 29er scouts :'D
i would rather get the AM HT from commencal, it has a 160mm rockshox lyrik and it sendssssss
Why dont u buy Dartmoor Hornet? It has more travel and its cheaper
I have a Vitus Sentier VR+ which is very similar in geometry and components and its great. I am particularly a fan of the 2.6" tires
this video always give me positive vibes on hardtail. because thats only I afforded to buy. thanks gmbn. thanks blake. love it when blake in the video.
I had a hard tail a crappy $100 pawnshop one. It was a freaking brute though and I started to get into mountain biking and realized I had a piece of crap and when I came to this conclusion I started to save and now a year later I have a 2000 dollar enduro and it’s amazing!
"Can hardtails ride hard and take drops?".... when BMX and MTB bikes have been doing it for decades, with full suspension a fairly recent trend. Seriously, is there a dumber question that's ever been asked?
XC Blake looks just ridiculous :D
Yeah 😂
then make a vid on what a budget hardtail can do.
Do the Fuji navada
I have an entry level hardtail Diamondback, and I take my riding very seriously, and I can say, it holds up pretty well, with a few dings every now and then like a popped tire, but that's about it, it's great!
Thank you, this is exactly what I needed. I'm about to get back to my youth love, mountainbiking. And everybody is trying to convince me to buy a full suspense, it delivers more control and more comfort, more speed, blabla. But I have the exact same feeling as you, I'm not biking for reasons of comfort, I'm looking for fun and a challenge, so hardtail it is! You helped me removing my doubts :)
Sort out those grips and keep that bike stealthy
diluteduk the bit of vibrant colour looks good. Imo
5:40 actually you showed us it can can 😂
Ive got a hardtail and most of my friends have a fs and I can easily ride where they ride, so I guess its not really about the bike
People used to ride exclusive hard tails on trails just as hard 20-30 years ago. The hard-tail is the most versatile bike out there.
Had to choose a Bike last week..was gonna be full suspension something or other but instead went for hardtail...2020 29er Carbon, Vitus Rapide CRX.
Hasn't arrived due to Holidays but cant wait. 🚵♂️ 🤙
Most people only have a Hardtail with like 100mm of travel..
Mine has 150
DownhillDobson mine has 100 and it handles everything I throw at it.
I got 160 and a slack headtube, but Im still rolling on 26'er's
Marc Ariss I have 140 and 26ers wouldn't change a thing on it
DownhillDobson that's what I have
A pair of baggies can do anything, no need for lycra!
What components are you using on this hardtail? I'm looking at upgrading my front and rear brakes of a GT MTB and would luv some suggestions... here in Australia
I rode a hardtail from 1995 to 2020. Just got a bike with rear suspension this year. Of course its a 2004 Stumpjumper... but the shocks do work. I've ridden in Colorado, Washington, New Mexico. I've done ski lift served terrain, bike parks with lots of drops and wooden bridges and structures, long xc rides, mountains, forests, deserts... you can do almost anything on a hardtail except full-out downhill. I once rode Keystone resort with a rigid fork, back in the 90s when suspension forks were extremely rare. My first suspension fork had like 50mm travel and I thought it was amazing. You can ride all kinds of stuff without fancy gear. Would I take a full-out downhill or enduro bike? Yes, if I could afford it. But I can still ride lots of stuff without one.
I bought a Hard Tail because it was what i could afford with the better components and its my first MTB. Honestly, I'm glad I do not have a FSB yet, the hardtail is teaching me discipline.
i need a sticker "i love my hardtail"
Thinking of getting the Vitus Nucleus 275 VR 2018, what do you think of it? Could you maybe review it?
No need to review such a monster of a bike. The name itself says all .
What’s with the leggings? You turning all rodie on us...... Martin please sort this out
Martyn *
I also wear skins with shorts XD
It’s called a XC kit
This is great! I just bought myself a Trek Roscoe and I'm super pumped to give every trail a go. Entry level here but I want to build the confidence and flog my bike and body hard! Cheers for the motivation and expertise!
Hey how’s it going. Thinking about getting one, is it worth it?
@@calebdavenport1231 decent hardtail for the price. I'm a newbie and planner on flogging it on anything and everything and so far so good. Dropper post a definite bonus!
I find it an easy bike to climb on
El Scruffo McScruffy nice. Thanks for the response. Have you pushed its limits yet with jumps and drops and technical stuff?
@@calebdavenport1231 again, I'm only a newbie, but it conquers table top jumps and smaller drops. But it shouldn't deter you from practising. Build good habits on a hard tail, pick your lines, and weight distribution when cornering and climbing. That's, what I've been advised. And it's a decent bike for that
El Scruffo McScruffy sweet! One more thing, would you recommend this bike and does it feel heavy?
I just got a hardtail and I love it