One option I've thought about is custom steel FS bike. 4-bar without the CS pivots for a lighter flex-stay setup. Peter at Daambuilt made himself a FS bike that built up ~30lbs without a crazy light build...so you could get it to the same weight ballpark as the carbon one reviewed here. Although I am not overly worried about weight.
This would allow custom geo and custom suspension tune as I'd want a very progressive rear end.
In terms of the why? Same why for any sub-optimal setup/bike choice...it's fun/interesting to go into a gunfight with a butter knife and win. I could build a FS bike that would out perform or match a HT in every performance category for Coastal BC trails. So if my only consideration was performance I'd never bother with a HT at all.
Nov. 15, 2021, 9:07 a.m. - Vik Banerjee
 One option I've thought about is custom steel FS bike. 4-bar without the CS pivots for a lighter flex-stay setup. Peter at Daambuilt made himself a FS bike that built up ~30lbs without a crazy light build...so you could get it to the same weight ballpark as the carbon one reviewed here. Although I am not overly worried about weight. This would allow custom geo and custom suspension tune as I'd want a very progressive rear end. In terms of the why? Same why for any sub-optimal setup/bike choice...it's fun/interesting to go into a gunfight with a butter knife and win. I could build a FS bike that would out perform or match a HT in every performance category for Coastal BC trails. So if my only consideration was performance I'd never bother with a HT at all.