On the same vain as my previous post, there are lots of threads on this forum asking something along the lines of:
“I want a hybrid, and plan to do some mild off-roading, should I get a DS or FX”
Consensus response (mostly from non DS owners) seems to be:
“Get the FX, as the DS is just unnecessarily overweight with front suspension, which is not needed for simple trails. And if you plan to do real trails, you need a real mountain bike anyways.”
So is a DS just an overweight FX because of front suspension? No! It is a Dual Sport, which takes some aspects from a road hybrid, and others from a Mountain bike - including frame geometry.
As one online review puts it “it comes close to being the master of compromise”.
And can it handle a reasonable trail? Here is a nice video I found on youtube featuring a DS 8.4:
Last edited by steve_cay; 06-24-14 at 09:28 PM.