FatBomber

Does anyone make a fully rigid mountain bike anymore? I see crappy shocks on the bikes that should be rigid but no offerings for an old school ride.

Anyone?

dirtyphotons

i think the surly 1x1 looks kind of sharp

dminor 

Redline Monocog / Monocog Flight. Knock yourself (and your teeth) out.

stapfam

Don't know if they are available- other than in the real budget line of bikes- But I ride Hardtail. Used to be rigid till 2001, but I did eventually succumb. Still ride a Road bike converted to cyclocross on some of the gentler trails in the summer and rigid still works for me. Just don't ask me to say anything after a fast downhill- till I have checked the teeth fillings.

FatBomber

Nah, my plan is to keep my teeth, put a set of slicks on it and use it as a commuter. I tried the SS thing and I discovered that I really like shifting gears.

I miss my 1990 C'dale M400.

dminor 

Gotcha. How about a hybrid like the rigid Specialized Expedition?

C Law

the popularity of rigid bikes is on the upswing. Despite what you hear on the 'net about how great it feels having 8 inches in the front and rear.

Many people are riding rigid bikes nowadays, and keeping their teeth intact also.

brad06ag

there are lots of rigid forks out there to buy.

A big part of the new trend back towards rigid can be attributed to the rise of the 29er bikes. Alot of those are/were rigid due to the lack of suspension forks designed for 29" wheels. It just caught on else where as well. Another big deal is the retro fad that is coming in. There aren't many rigid "budget" bikes (by that i mean low end bikes intended for the beginner) due to the fact that most beginner who would be buying said bikes want the "aggressive" look of suspension forks and cheap disc brakes and the like.

I'm in the process of spec-ing out a 96er rigid single speed (29'er up front and a 26 in the back). The big wheel up front will eat up some of the smaller bumps that a suspension fork would help on due to the reduced impact angle. This isn't exactly going to be a budget build, I just want a fun single speed to play on and decided what the heck with the 96er. I like my bikes to be unique when i go out and ride.

nalax49

Salsa, Surly, Soma are just a few. There's a wider bike world out there than your typical LBS.

At 58 this year I still ride and race w/o suspension.

You ride what you want. Life is too short anyway.

ed 

+1 on the Redline Monocog.

You could buy the Monocog 29'er and get a Rohloff or Nexus rear hub. Then you'd have an internally geared bike. I've always wanted to do that for a commuter.

bh357

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Raleigh XXIX


Novara Reason (REI)



I have yet to see a current production geared rigid bike.

ivegotabike

i ride a rigid from time to time, its challenging

a2psyklnut

I've got my eye on an SE RACING B.M.

You BMX guys know SE Racing. The P.K. Ripper and the Quadangle frames.

They came out with a bike to compete in price range with the Monocog. They have the O.M. which is the 26" and the B.M. which is the 29".

The price is right! $299.00

L8R

badger1

I'm with you on this one; as others have said here, they (r. bikes) do seem to be making a comeback. Marin does three (call 'em 'urban bikes') -- Point Reyes/Novato (alum.) Muirwoods (cromoly). C'dale does two: Bad Boy Disc/Bad Boy (not to be confused with 'BB Ultra'). Both the 'dales come with 700c wheelsets, but the disc version can easily be changed out to 26" - whatever your preference. Trek does a couple -- SU200/100. Personally, I like the idea of just taking one's existing h/t and slapping on one of the available carbon disc forks (e.g. Bontrager or Pace) -- that's what I'm doing this spring.

Echo_Control

pinkrobe

Yeah, sometimes I wake up and... oh wait, y'all are talking about bikes...

funrover 

I have a 1991 Haro impulse... I am just now switching to front shock......been riding rigid the rest of the time!

The Figment

There are a lot of us OldSchool types who are puting our old rigid rides back on the roads/trials. I will speak for myself and say that tho todays bikes are slick,ride wonderfully and allow us to do things that twenty years ago were thought impossible (Full throttle 5 foot drops,screaming down Killington Ski area trails at 30 MPH),but todays bikes are extreamely complex,some are very heavy,parts are somewhat propritory (a rear shock from one bike won't always fit another). There is something to be said about "Keeping it simple,silly" I for one am looking at a old GT rigid (83-84 I think) that I can get for $75. I have a couple of nos 7-speed hyperglide cassettes avalible as well as a few other simple things (old Deore fricton shifters,Biopace chainrings ect)
Riding one of these old things without mashing my jaw on the handlebars while flying down some Az desert singletrac,dodging cacti,in the light of a full moon is a lost art! Headlights,Who needs one!

The Figment

I would ride this in a N.Y. minute!!

fore

The 2007 Klein Attitude I comes with a rigid Bontrager Switchblade fork with Carbon legs.

FreeRidin'

Iowegian

To me, rigid bikes are like wooden cross country skis. They certainly can't do everything the new stuff can but there is something about the lightness, liveness and the extra skill required that I like. If I wanted to just plow through the desert I'd ride a Honda.

And for the OP, I have an anodized black Cdale M400 frame that I don't need. No fork and it's on the small side. Not sure of the year but it's a CAD2.

never

If that's what you want, why don't you look at something like the Kona Asphalt Series bikes...

https://www.konaworld.com/bikes/2k7/PHD/index.html


Or a CX bike would work.

Portis

I think the answer is NO. Nobody seems to make a fully rigid geared mountain bike anymore. They also don't seem to make very many decent hardtails with rim brakes any more.

phoebeisis

https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...9988&rd=1&rd=1


You can always buy a cheaper used older MTB.Nice steel frame with kinda lowend but functional components. I'm not telling you anything new, but there are real bargains out there with quality True Temper(and excellent Japanese tubing, and even 853) steel tubing. The frames-except for the 853-are always less than $100, and the entire bike-with shipping-is frequently under $100.
You could XTR or high end SRAM equip one of these for $500 total easily.This wasn't your question,and you already know this, but for newer folks fishing in the cheaper end, this can work.
Luck,
Charlie
PS I was very interested in this one,and a cheapskate bought it.