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My fully rigid is my cross bike. Not the same but I do ride less nasty stuff
in Whistler like some Zappa trails. 40 c tires are the real limiting factor.
In question that suspension lets a person ride rougher stuff better but I
think geometry is just as pertinent. My old norco team issue with 80 mm of
fork travel and 110 mm stem and 580 bars would be awful compared to a similar
bike but with modern geo. One thing I am not convinced about are these super
steep seat tubes just to get short chainstays. A few years back when 29ers
first starting working well, people noted how well they climbed. Long
chainstays did that.
Feb. 1, 2017, 6:30 p.m. - Andy Eunson
#!markdown My fully rigid is my cross bike. Not the same but I do ride less nasty stuff in Whistler like some Zappa trails. 40 c tires are the real limiting factor. In question that suspension lets a person ride rougher stuff better but I think geometry is just as pertinent. My old norco team issue with 80 mm of fork travel and 110 mm stem and 580 bars would be awful compared to a similar bike but with modern geo. One thing I am not convinced about are these super steep seat tubes just to get short chainstays. A few years back when 29ers first starting working well, people noted how well they climbed. Long chainstays did that.