Just to show it's a personal thing, I'll add that my most-ridden bike
these days is a hard tail single speed. But just yesterday I had a great
ride on my FS bike, and I like to ride my fixie around town.
So yeah, get one (or more) of each!

Matt

The Rocket Man wrote:
Thanks, Pete. Having all three 'flavors' at your disposal and chosing
the FS indicates a definite favorite.

The weight difference between a FS and hardtail seems to be a few pounds
at most. A few less trips to the pizza place for me would seem to take
care of that !!



"(PeteCresswell)" wrote in
:

mPer Hober:
How important is a full-suspension? The guy at the bike shop said
that full-suspension was six of one, and a half-dozen of another.

The guy at the bike shop has years and years of experience and used to
ride and even race and downhill on bikes with no suspension at all.
Let's face it, a pro on a totally non-suspended bike would certainly
be a lot better than me on the fanciest bike on the planet.

I'll be doing trail riding, some gravel roads, certainly around town,
maybe very occasionally take a chair lift ride up and coast down.

I don't think I'll be needing 6" or more of front suspension.

The idea of a hard tail appeals to me in terms of a little less weight
and less mechanical stuff to go wrong. If I had some money and was
going to buy a new hard tail today, I'd probably be looking at
something like a Felt Q720.

Any comments or suggestions? Thank you.
I've got all 3: FS, hard tail, and rigid.

FS is the one I ride the most by a wide margin.

Periodically I go on a hard-tail kick knowing that, for some
unknown reason, I'm supposed to wean myself away from an FS that
I don't, by any stretch of the imagination, need.

But I keep coming back to the FS as my favored ride.







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