#!markdown
If you believe the answer to your second question is 'YES' (which presumably
you do), then you have two options for answers to your first (it's like a
choose your own adventure book):
1) You can cynically assume that "shoot outs" are bad because they pick
winners and losers.
2) You can happily note that the current crop of do-it-all mountain bikes are
all @&#%ing awesome and it would be a waste of a lot of ink trying to
nuance the differences (overcoming personal preference and differences in
spec) to pick winners and losers.
Nov. 6, 2014, 10:15 a.m. - DrewM
#!markdown If you believe the answer to your second question is 'YES' (which presumably you do), then you have two options for answers to your first (it's like a choose your own adventure book): 1) You can cynically assume that "shoot outs" are bad because they pick winners and losers. 2) You can happily note that the current crop of do-it-all mountain bikes are all @&#%ing awesome and it would be a waste of a lot of ink trying to nuance the differences (overcoming personal preference and differences in spec) to pick winners and losers.