In my mind hardtailing is a place you get to with age, a certain degree of skill and a decreasing amount of ego (Strava-ist-ism). It's where you care less about the speed you ride or posting the fastest strava times but would rather connect with the trail and have the skill to ride all the same trails albeit slower than you would on a FS rig.
I think for most riders a HT would make sense.
Something like Mike's Bike [https://nsmb.com/articles/the-not-so-hard-times-hardtail/](https://nsmb.com/articles/the-not-so-hard-times-hardtail/) makes so much sense.
April 14, 2023, 7:22 a.m. - fartymarty
In my mind hardtailing is a place you get to with age, a certain degree of skill and a decreasing amount of ego (Strava-ist-ism). It's where you care less about the speed you ride or posting the fastest strava times but would rather connect with the trail and have the skill to ride all the same trails albeit slower than you would on a FS rig. I think for most riders a HT would make sense. Something like Mike's Bike [https://nsmb.com/articles/the-not-so-hard-times-hardtail/](https://nsmb.com/articles/the-not-so-hard-times-hardtail/) makes so much sense.