Originally Posted by bentrim

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!