Originally Posted by serious
dccool879:
You can take a FR on XC rides, if you don't care about the few pounds, short headset, some pedal bob from the fork, and lack of a third chainring, weird geometry etc.
Or if you don't care about walking up many hills or asking friends to wait for you while you catch up.
Off-topic but I have a friend who has no problems taking his Big Hit up singletracks... it's pretty funny seeing a 40+ lbs bike climbing like that.
When he brings his Trek Fuel... we all get our asses kicked.
