What's best for all round UK riding...
Poll: What's best for all round UK riding...
Total Members Polled: 48
Discussion
4-5 is perfect for the UK all round.
If you ride purely trail centres, fireroad and singletrack, you can get away with a hardtail. Find anything remotely pointy and vertical up or down and/or includes biggish roots and rocks, and it makes for a better ride all round with 4-5 inches.
Go anywhere else (Alps, Canada etc) and you'll need more if you point downwards in any way (even for XC).
If you ride purely trail centres, fireroad and singletrack, you can get away with a hardtail. Find anything remotely pointy and vertical up or down and/or includes biggish roots and rocks, and it makes for a better ride all round with 4-5 inches.
Go anywhere else (Alps, Canada etc) and you'll need more if you point downwards in any way (even for XC).
Gooby said:
Get a bike for the most extreem rides you do.
... and end up with a 40lb DH bike that is a dream for 10% of your riding. Great for another 40% when descending. A chore for 30% of your normal ascending, and impossible for the remaining 20% of the time when you need a technical ascender.
Get a bike that suits the riding that you do most of the time, or the riding you intend to do most of the time!
mat205125 said:
Gooby said:
Get a bike for the most extreem rides you do.
... and end up with a 40lb DH bike that is a dream for 10% of your riding. Great for another 40% when descending. A chore for 30% of your normal ascending, and impossible for the remaining 20% of the time when you need a technical ascender.
Get a bike that suits the riding that you do most of the time, or the riding you intend to do most of the time!
Although that reasoning means I'll be taking a long-travel hardtail to the Alps this year. Keep an eye out for me if you're there. I'll be the one singing falsetto.
In my experiance the best bike to have is the same sort of things your mates ride (if you ride in a group). Mate of mine rode a Spesh Stuntjumper Pro for a couple of years. Lightweight, well specced 5" full bouncer, with fast rolling 2.1 tyres. Perfect to hitting the trail centres!
Unless all your mates ride 6" "Allmountain" type bikes with sticky 2.3 tyres. Spent most of the time ether sat at the top of a climb waiting for us, or clatering down the descents at the back being killed by a lack of travel and grip. He's got a Nomad now.
Unless all your mates ride 6" "Allmountain" type bikes with sticky 2.3 tyres. Spent most of the time ether sat at the top of a climb waiting for us, or clatering down the descents at the back being killed by a lack of travel and grip. He's got a Nomad now.
P-Jay said:
In my experiance the best bike to have is the same sort of things your mates ride (if you ride in a group). Mate of mine rode a Spesh Stuntjumper Pro for a couple of years. Lightweight, well specced 5" full bouncer, with fast rolling 2.1 tyres. Perfect to hitting the trail centres!
Unless all your mates ride 6" "Allmountain" type bikes with sticky 2.3 tyres. Spent most of the time ether sat at the top of a climb waiting for us, or clatering down the descents at the back being killed by a lack of travel and grip. He's got a Nomad now.
5mm of rubber and 25mm travel....you sure his isn't just slow Unless all your mates ride 6" "Allmountain" type bikes with sticky 2.3 tyres. Spent most of the time ether sat at the top of a climb waiting for us, or clatering down the descents at the back being killed by a lack of travel and grip. He's got a Nomad now.
Beyond Rational said:
P-Jay said:
In my experiance the best bike to have is the same sort of things your mates ride (if you ride in a group). Mate of mine rode a Spesh Stuntjumper Pro for a couple of years. Lightweight, well specced 5" full bouncer, with fast rolling 2.1 tyres. Perfect to hitting the trail centres!
Unless all your mates ride 6" "Allmountain" type bikes with sticky 2.3 tyres. Spent most of the time ether sat at the top of a climb waiting for us, or clatering down the descents at the back being killed by a lack of travel and grip. He's got a Nomad now.
5mm of rubber and 25mm travel....you sure his isn't just slow Unless all your mates ride 6" "Allmountain" type bikes with sticky 2.3 tyres. Spent most of the time ether sat at the top of a climb waiting for us, or clatering down the descents at the back being killed by a lack of travel and grip. He's got a Nomad now.
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