Originally posted by Jim311
Some things that suck about dual suspension:
1) A dual suspension bike will NEVER be as efficient as a hardtail
2) The front suspension may compress, but you have no rear shock to rebound while the front compresses, tossing you off the bike
3) You can out sprint everyone riding their 30+ pound full suspension
4) Your bike will ALWAYS weigh less than a dual suspension bike ever will
1) Wrong (specialized epic**********??)
2) **********? Yea, I am sure when people press on their fork on a full suspension bike, they immediately are sent over the bars.
Hint: Theres a thing called rebound damping also
3) Since when do ALL FS BIKES weigh over 30 pounds????
4) If you have a 20 pound FS bike, and a 18 pound hardtail, are you going to actually call the FS bike heavy**********
Originally posted by Jim311
At the end of the day the hardtail leaves me feeling much less worn out than my dual suspension does.
So what dual suspension bike is this? I feel a hell of alot more worn out if I ride a hardtail on a trail at the end of the day compared to if I rode a full suspension. Partly because the rear end constantly bucks up over every little tree root and everything.
I dont know about you, but I have
sprinted my
38 pound bighit up long steep streets before. Not only have I sprinted up streets, but I have raced friends on hardtails before (one was riding my old P3) and he gave up while I made it all the way to the top, and still wasnt even really out of breath or tired. Maybe everybody should get a specialized FSR, because they sure perform better than any other bike.