Carbon Hardtail - Bad Idea?

hey folks, I'm thinking of getting a new frame for my urban assault/commuter bike. I've been riding a 2005 sasquatch for 10 years and it's become a bit of a pig after I've broken and replaced pretty much everything except for the frame with beefier and better parts. also my daily commute has grown to almost an hour, so would be nice to have something that pedals a bit better, and still allows me do the stupid things I love to do on the way downhill back home (flat drops onto pavement and such).

would a hardtail carbon frame be a bad idea? I remember hearing they can fail catastrophically and wondering if anyone has any experience with this on the newer frames. or should I just go chromoly? a buddy recently gave me a dmr trailstar chromoly frame, but it's a touch small for me and the geo seems a bit awkward for pedaling.

any insight much appreciated!

cheers

Kind of depends how much abuse you dish out and which frame. I would think most super light XC race frames might be a bit too light for bashing whether steel aluminum or carbon. I bash around a Santacruz Highball carbon. It's in its third season. I don't look for big air but I don't ride steep rough stuff. I'm light at 140 ish and after 30 years I think I ride light too.

hm that's pretty light… i'm about 175 (lbs). yeah I have a 8 and 9" travel dh bike for the shore and park stuff. did you get your frame separately?

Yeah. I wasn't sure about the 29er thing so I got a Giant XTC 29er aluminum frame. Got a used fork and built some wheels and transferred parts from another bike or from "stock" . Liked it a lot so I treated myself to the Highball and have slowly changed the parts on it too. Fresh fork, XTR trail brakes, XX1 drivetain, Reverb, and recently ENVE 60/40 wheels. It is around 22 pounds. I take it all over Whistler Valley trails. It's awesome on Business Time and this new trail I discovered but won't tell about other than it is steep and still loamy.

ohhh its a 29er. I doubt that would work for me since i'm already destroying mavic 729 wheels pretty easily. I think I at least need to stay at a 26er. anything comparable in 26er? what about titanum

Steel or Ti

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