Originally Posted by
prj71
I'll take you on some rocky rooty single track trails in Wisconsin. You'd be eating those words and wishing you had a front suspension fork.
Good point, Minnesota doesn't have any rocky-rooty single-track trails ... Wisconsin is so different and far away from Minnesota.
Seriously, I did point out downhilling would be a different story, but I'd go with a 29er with suspension over a fatty for that. For rooty-rocky single-track trails, on a drop-bar set up, I don't feel a need for suspension + fat tires.