any rigid mtbs ?
07-13-15, 03:31 PM
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There's usually one or two guys around who are into rigid. I've been debating it for my DJ bike as well. What do you ride?
07-13-15, 07:27 PM
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Not exclusively, but often. Very often. Probably is my most-used ride. No photo handy. It's just an old Gary Fisher frame with a Surly fork and a Specialized wheel set. Love the bike. Built it from random collection of parts, and the fit just somehow fell together perfectly.
07-14-15, 07:50 AM
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I only ride rigids. Rockhopper, Barracuda, etc. I prefer them for the type of riding I do. Rockhopper has drops too.
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91 Rockhopper (doesn't see much dirt anymore)
95 Nishiki Cascade
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Pennyfarthing. Get rad with it.
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I have a cheap elastomer fork. I want either a good fork or a rigid fork. I haven't decided.
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07-14-15, 05:03 PM
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07-14-15, 05:04 PM
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Was riding rigid exclusively for about a year until about a week and half ago. Just put a sus fork on my Kona Unit 'cause I'm an old geezer riding in rocky stuff all the time. Honestly, the jury is still out---I REALLY miss the rigid on the climbs, and no, locked-out doesn't feel the same!
07-14-15, 08:21 PM
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I mostly ride rigid. I still have a Sid Race that I'll put on a bike once in a while but at the moment, the 'goose, the KHS and the ParkPre are all rigid.
07-15-15, 09:05 AM
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I locked out my fork on my hard tail once,,,,only once....
Standing up for the whole ride where I ride would not be fun.
Find me one single off road recreational vehicle that's rigid and I'll show you someone who will soon need back surgery
Ok Ok fat bikes,,,yeah but they are un damped,,,
Standing up for the whole ride where I ride would not be fun.
Find me one single off road recreational vehicle that's rigid and I'll show you someone who will soon need back surgery
Ok Ok fat bikes,,,yeah but they are un damped,,,
07-15-15, 09:15 AM
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My suspension fork died ~2 years ago and I was too cheap to buy a new one, so I have been riding full rigid ever since. I ride the same trails as the folks on full suspension bikes, but not as fast.
However, due to a problem with my brakes that I have been too lazy to fix, I haven't ridden my full rigid bike at all yet this year. Lots of road rides, though, and that bike is fully rigid, too!
However, due to a problem with my brakes that I have been too lazy to fix, I haven't ridden my full rigid bike at all yet this year. Lots of road rides, though, and that bike is fully rigid, too!
07-16-15, 12:29 AM
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The following mtbs of mine are rigid: ross mt whitney, ritchey ascent, muddy fox sorcerer pro, fat chance yo eddy, salsa ala carte, Kona humuhumunukunukuapu'a, trek sawyer, and when I build up my mrazek it'll be rigid too. My land shark race bike switches between a 100mm travel fork and a rigid enve mtn fork.
07-16-15, 03:58 PM
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Have a surly karate monkey rigid but I also have a 120mm full squish. I'd get tired of riding the rigid all the time but it is nice to switch back and forth to change things up.
07-17-15, 05:43 PM
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These are my two rigid MTBs that I still ride: a 94 Breezer Lightning and a 95 Cannondale M500
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