Full suspension bikes have a higher cost - even significantly higher cost - of ownership, assuming they’re being properly maintained (otherwise, why bother), and the added costs of the frame/shock are offset elsewhere with component downgrades.
I don’t have a hard cut off but with rare exceptions below a certain price hardtails are the better value.
June 6, 2023, 2:51 p.m. - Andrew Major
Full suspension bikes have a higher cost - even significantly higher cost - of ownership, assuming they’re being properly maintained (otherwise, why bother), and the added costs of the frame/shock are offset elsewhere with component downgrades. I don’t have a hard cut off but with rare exceptions below a certain price hardtails are the better value.