I was being facetious, you should of course enjoy your own particular variety of hardtail.
I haven't tried a long chainstay hardtail, but my squishy bike has 455 chainstays and it is much more difficult to manual and mess around on. I really like my significantly less stable hardtail because it makes mellower trails a blast, and riding harder trails with slow friends more social. It also makes it feel like I have some skills on a bike as opposed to just plowing through everything. I really like that my hardtail and my squishy bike are very different.
July 11, 2022, 9:40 a.m. - Morgan Heater
I was being facetious, you should of course enjoy your own particular variety of hardtail. I haven't tried a long chainstay hardtail, but my squishy bike has 455 chainstays and it is much more difficult to manual and mess around on. I really like my significantly less stable hardtail because it makes mellower trails a blast, and riding harder trails with slow friends more social. It also makes it feel like I have some skills on a bike as opposed to just plowing through everything. I really like that my hardtail and my squishy bike are very different.