Originally Posted by
FLJeepGuy
First, I thinks some folks saw you call your bike a "hardtail" which means it has suspension in the front and a rigid rear. Looking at your follow up comments stating you don't have suspension in front means your bike is described as "rigid". This is why you're getting recommendations to replace the front forks.
There's seems to be widespread disagreement about the exact definition of a "hardtail". Hardtail simply refers to any mountain bike that doesn't have a rear suspension...That's it!
Therefore, you can have a "hardtail" rigid, or a "hardtail" with a suspended fork.
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Salsa describes their Fargo model as a "hardtail" mtb, even though it has no suspended fork.
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