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Old 08-08-2012, 05:53 AM   #181
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I've been enjoying getting back on a 26" hardtail with 100mm fork... but it doesn't really have enough seat tube or front brake for actual mountain biking.
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Old 08-08-2012, 08:59 PM   #182
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It's funny. After a really enjoyable ride I swear all I want/need is a 26er hardtail. But the rides where I get owned I start asking the questions. I should change the title of this thread to "first world problems."
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Old 08-08-2012, 09:08 PM   #183
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haha I have exactly the same problem. I can ride everything I ride on my FS on the hardtail but theres just something fun about having the FS and knowing I can have slightly dodgy landings and get away with it.
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Old 08-08-2012, 11:05 PM   #184
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haha I have exactly the same problem. I can ride everything I ride on my FS on the hardtail but theres just something fun about having the FS and knowing I can have slightly dodgy landings and get away with it.
Exact opposite for me. Knowing that I have to be 'on' all the time on the HT makes it more fun than the FS.
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Remember this one very important fact about hardtail bikes and geometry:

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Old 08-09-2012, 04:48 AM   #186
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Old 08-10-2012, 05:02 PM   #187
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There's not much that a hardtail 26er can't do.
Remember the Mormon fellow that slayed the Redbull Rampage course on a Balfa Minuteman. That was epic
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Remember the Mormon fellow that slayed the Redbull Rampage course on a Balfa Minuteman. That was epic
Yeah but the Jesus effect gives him an extra 2" suspension front and rear. Kind of like a 29er.
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Is the steel 650b hardtail alive?
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That was some really impressive riding, makes me wonder why I still ride my std sometimes....and not jst sell the bike, buy a bigger fork and wheelset for those "other" times aboard my stylus. Guess it all comes down to memories and that not only my stylus is "sex on wheels".

Next time I come over I'd love to bring the stylus and have a go at whistler and pemberton.
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