Originally Posted by E43
Thanks for the replies. Well I love trail riding and wouldnt mind doing drops and things like that. I'm not sure whether I should get a hardtail or fs. I've been riding a hardtail for about 3 years but did nothing really serious. Now I am ready for something better. I set myself a $1500 limit.
Thanks again!
I learned today to "not take a knife to a gunfight".
I went on a 2 hour city fitness ride on my 18 speed, burly dirtjump hardtail for the first time. It was brutal. Old men, and families on their XC bikes were flying past me! Didn't help that I went for a 45 minute run the previous day and my quads were killing me before I even started pedalling.
Two hour rides, up and down hills, on a dirtjump/freerider with 2.5 inch tires? Never again! That's what my full-sus. Stumpjumper FSR is for!