My regular 'crew' rides consist of a big mix of bikes. I was lucky enough to be able to step up from an 11 yr old Stinky to a Process last summer. I'm riding with two friends on a hardtail norco and hardtail specialized and a friend on a new YT capra.
Some sections my two hardtail friends have to walk, some sections I crash on after following my much more experienced friend on the YT. There are definitely horses for courses on the shore for sure. But there is barely any time difference on rides and none of us come out of any sesh with anything less than a shit eating grin.
We're making it work, I guess is the tl;dr of this. I do think that there is some tech that will make certain rides easier - I can definitely plow over terrain that my friend can't so easily - but overall I think it's really down to the archer not the arrow.
Nov. 8, 2017, 1:47 p.m. - stinky_dan
My regular 'crew' rides consist of a big mix of bikes. I was lucky enough to be able to step up from an 11 yr old Stinky to a Process last summer. I'm riding with two friends on a hardtail norco and hardtail specialized and a friend on a new YT capra. Some sections my two hardtail friends have to walk, some sections I crash on after following my much more experienced friend on the YT. There are definitely horses for courses on the shore for sure. But there is barely any time difference on rides and none of us come out of any sesh with anything less than a shit eating grin. We're making it work, I guess is the tl;dr of this. I do think that there is some tech that will make certain rides easier - I can definitely plow over terrain that my friend can't so easily - but overall I think it's really down to the archer not the arrow.