This thread is dedicated to the Hardtail Bike.
The hardtail; the simplest form of mountain bike yet it can take on so many forms. The hardtail is far from dead so show your love for them in this thread.
Use this thread to post up hardtails and discuss them regardless of wheel size, the number of chainrings or set-up choice.
Feel free to share some details on your set-up, weight or whatever makes it special to you.
"If everything seems in control, you're not going fast enough."
-Mario Andretti-
This was my HT in 2004
This is my HT now.
"If everything seems in control, you're not going fast enough."
-Mario Andretti-
Same as 2013.
2010 Chromag TRL
Wolftooth 30t chainring guideless
Zee clutch derailleur
2014 RS Pike 150mm RCT Solo Air
Reverb
Chromag pedals, seat, stem, bar, grips
It's the bike I ride the most. From my local trails, to Squamish to the Shore. It does it all and is a ton of fun.
Shed head!
my hardtail is a 29er, and I enjoy riding it up and then ripping down, and I might get an enduro style helmet this year, and I also enjoy riding it across the country… oh the conundrum! which thread, which thread???!?!
and realized he can't do a barspin to save his life, so cut back the housing.
my hardtail is a 29er, and I enjoy riding it up and then ripping down, and I might get an enduro style helmet this year, and I also enjoy riding it across the country… oh the conundrum! which thread, which thread???!?!
All of them! That's the best type of bike. A bike that fits nowhere but everywhere all at once!
This is my 2014 hardtail I picked up in September.
I'm loving the 650b wheels. I rode my brother's Honzo recently and definitely noticed the slower acceleration and handling of the 29er.
Everything is pretty much stock SLX. In the front is a 2.4 Highroller ll 3C Maxx Terra and in the rear is a 2.3 Highroller ll dual compound run tubeless. I also added the Reverb.
It's a fantastic bike, super fun, and handles everything from C-Buster to long gravel rides with ease. The only downsides so far are chainstays with less than ideal tire clearance, paint that chips/scratches when looked at, and no full length cable housings.
I'll probably put some slightly wider bars on (760ish instead of stock 730mm), a 60mm stem (stock is 70mm), and maybe a fork with 140mm travel.
Here's my new hardtail. Unfortunately waiting for surgery so I can't ride it properly, but it felt really sweet riding it for about 20 seconds over some bumps. Can't tell you how much better steel feels than alloy. You could have told me and I wouldn't have believed it until I felt it.
Marz 44 RC3 Ti, Enve Bars, Thomson stem/post, carbon rims on King hubs, XTR levers on Saint 4 pot calipers. Can't wait to beat the hell out of it as soon as I'm able.
Nice!!! Get yourself a dropper post and you're set.
Shed head!
I'll be on this again this year unless something dies.
2x9, X-fusion Hilo Dropper, ProII/Flow wheels, short stem, wide bars, chunky tyres…
Only change might be the fork as I have some 150mm QR15 Revs, they are lighter but i prefer the stiffness of the old 20mm Pike.
Thats a nice bike.. I love my old hei hei. But the geo doesnt really allow for a decent travel fork…:(
Retro-grouch alert!
1992 Rocky Mountain Vertex (general consensus is that it's a Dekerf build). I've rebuilt it over the winter to be slightly more 'new school' so I can actually ride the damned thing. Got a few local bits on it, such as a Damage Control bashring, Chromag bar, Raceface stem, Underworld front hub. It might one day have a Syncros Ti BB on it if I can ever get the bearing to release from the axle…
Weighs in at just over 26lb.
treezz
wow you are a ass
Same as last year but I want a new bar
is going big on a bike the only way to get you stoked on the sport? what happened to riding with your bros, travelling, and riding unique places, to get people stoked on riding?
fines are useless. there needs to be more punches to the throat.
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