Originally Posted by Raiyn
Considering this is the Mountain Bike section and not the Riding on Pavement section one should presume we're not talking about pavement bikes here
I ride 90% on pavement. I ride between 3 and ten hours when I ride. My bike is built for real world cross country racing (not a closed circuit) it goes anywhere, anyplace, anytime, and it does it fast! When I go off road I have no second thoughts of my capabilites. I'm 6'2" with a 36" inseam and my 21.5" stumpjumper with ridgid fork took me 135 in a day, 80 miles on singletrack. My bike never gets locked or attached to a car to take it somewhere. By design, my bike can pace many roadbikes and still do trails reserved for dual suspension bikes. My current frame size is 19" front suspension only (to slaughter the trails) I miss having a bigger frame, but since my riding techniques are above average, I have great compensation in my abilites to do on and off road riding.The rider is a big factor in the equation. I don't know what your limits are, but I don't have any.