Julien Absalon also seems to disagree with Eric. Matter of fact, it seems like most of the elite group disagree with Eric's assertion that hardtails are always faster and pick between FS and HT depending on course.

Eric also keeps claiming his argument is based ok hard data, but Eric fails to present said data. And when data doesn't match Eric's theory (I. E. Pros choosing to race a FS for some courses) Eric claims is all a conspiracy to sell bikes.