Originally Posted by
rodgeman
It can. It is desert - rocks, gravel, dirt, and some hills.
For sure, smaller wheels favor rock crawling, and tight/fast singletrack like what you find in Sedona. So do higher volume tires, which are still pretty popular in the desert. I've sorta settle on 2.6 for the time being.
I've been doing a lot of back country riding on my S-works Enduro. It's a bit clumsy to haul around when the trail gets uber primitive, but gets the job done on the system trails. The 26 was better for that type of stuff, too.