Anyone else find that you go through rear tires and rims faster on a hardtail? I tried swapping my FS for a hardtail for a while a few years back based on exactly this logic, but the rear wheel that had been running fine on my FS didn't survive the first season on my Ragly. I replaced it and the rear tire with heavier versions, but bought a FS again before really putting them through their paces.
I've had pretty good luck with bearings (knock on wood!) on my FS bikes, so at least in my limited experience the math didn't work out very well.
Nov. 30, 2021, 10:08 a.m. - gibspaulding
Anyone else find that you go through rear tires and rims faster on a hardtail? I tried swapping my FS for a hardtail for a while a few years back based on exactly this logic, but the rear wheel that had been running fine on my FS didn't survive the first season on my Ragly. I replaced it and the rear tire with heavier versions, but bought a FS again before really putting them through their paces. I've had pretty good luck with bearings (knock on wood!) on my FS bikes, so at least in my limited experience the math didn't work out very well.