It's interesting to finally get to a too-steep ESTA. For me that was 78' on a hardtail. It just felt weird. But my current hardtail is 76.5 and that's just right. As long as I've got inserts I can do anything on my hardtail I can with my FS bike, even at similar speeds but the margin for error goes down and soreness goes way up. Good times. There's something something primal riding roots about a good hardtail.
March 5, 2021, 8:48 a.m. - Cr4w
It's interesting to finally get to a too-steep ESTA. For me that was 78' on a hardtail. It just felt weird. But my current hardtail is 76.5 and that's just right. As long as I've got inserts I can do anything on my hardtail I can with my FS bike, even at similar speeds but the margin for error goes down and soreness goes way up. Good times. There's something something primal riding roots about a good hardtail.