Originally Posted by
pablosnazzy
After thinking about it, i also realize i live in an area where riding a hardtail severly limits you. Most of the stuff we ride is rocky and chunky. I rode a hard tail for 20 years all up and down the east coast, and in california, and never seemed to have a problem, so right now, i'm sort of jaded, forgetting that the majority of folks don't have to deal with rocky crap all the time.
I live in the GJ area so I know how rocky the trails are here. I'm mostly a commuter/road rider but I do have a decent mtn bike. I don't get out much on the mtn bike since I don't drive my car much. So the few times I go mtn biking I feel like a beginner again. My mtn bike is a tiny steel ht Jamis. I've never tried a fs mtn bike and I wonder how much differnence it would make. I did look a few fs bikes when I was shopping and even the smallest ones seemed like they'd be too big for me.
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