Video: Hardtail Hooning in South West England

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adriemel83 FL (Mar 22, 2020 at 10:52)

Everyone should have one! Better riding techniques learned, ride the trail nor plow over everything, get a set of wheels built to max plus size capability and you have a winter snow whip. I don't recommend for enduro races... never knew charlie horsed muscles could get that bad!

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Geochemistry (Mar 22, 2020 at 9:20)

I love the responsiveness of the hardtail.

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Beez177 (Mar 22, 2020 at 9:20)

Love a good HT, but the recovery time after a hard ride is brutal compared to my FS.

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Braindrain (Mar 22, 2020 at 12:18)

Most people I know or have met who ride an fs do so for comfort. Not perfomance, not speed, not smiles, but comfort. Nothing wrong with this for me, but it's not on the top of the marketing blurb very often. I ride steel hardtails for comfort, tune the spoke tension in the back wheel for a more forgiving nature, wide volumey tyres and it's a whole lot better than an alu bike with skinny tyres and stiff wheels.

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tremeer023 FL (Mar 22, 2020 at 13:05)

@Braindrain: yes it's surprising how comfortable they can be. I also ride a steel frame and have used the spoke tension trick. Just bought a Cushcore for the rear now though but yet to test it on anything rocky.

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brncr6 (Mar 23, 2020 at 18:06)

@Braindrain: I need to find out more about turning with spike tensions.

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GeoMurph5 (Mar 24, 2020 at 7:53)

@tremeer023: Cushcore makes all the difference in rocky terrain. I'm running them in both tyres on my Chromag Rootdown. Well worth the added rotational mass.

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cornwallfreerider (Mar 22, 2020 at 14:05)

Fackin ell, boy Dru got onto pinkbike. well done lad. i'm taking that as a win for the O.G CFR crew

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expertfailure (Mar 22, 2020 at 20:55)

Winter bike? No sir - all year 'round bike. HT by choice, HT for life.

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Rainingdayoff (Mar 22, 2020 at 11:23)

Hardtail rules

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slow-burn (Mar 22, 2020 at 18:36)

Whoa, Spengle wheels spotted in the wild (green bike). I had Spinergy Rev X Roks back on my Klein Attitude in 1995. I gotta say, I think they look cool (Spinergy and Spengle).

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softsteel (Mar 22, 2020 at 17:30)

90% of my riding time is spent on a steel hardail and I love it so much although in rough / extremely rocky and rooty terrains I must admit that a FS is faster and more forgiving. It`s good to have both actually

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danprisk (Mar 22, 2020 at 10:04)

James? I don't know about that, he looks like a Dru to me.

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Mtnoak (Mar 22, 2020 at 15:10)

Love my steel honzo, cushcore, 2.5 tires and composite pedals. All the fun, half the sting.

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Andycom (Mar 22, 2020 at 15:30)

A HT bike is ALWAYS fun To ride .. not a FS

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sam-chill (Mar 22, 2020 at 9:13)

nice vid, whereabouts are these trails?

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flidhips (Mar 22, 2020 at 9:57)

Kernow

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supermike306 (Mar 22, 2020 at 11:34)

@flidhips: Looks like Grog

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Protato (Mar 22, 2020 at 9:58)

Oof, water bottle wheels rearing their head

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Gfromars (Mar 22, 2020 at 10:43)

I can't ride my HT these days...

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galliwasp (Mar 22, 2020 at 11:03)

Ditch the skill compensator on the front wheel too then.

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jemscott (Mar 22, 2020 at 17:00)

My knees ached just watching that...

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periko32 (Mar 23, 2020 at 2:55)

My hardtail got stolen 3 months ago and I'm crying watching this video

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Pyres (Mar 23, 2020 at 3:13)

I had a Transition trans am with a fox 36. It was destroyed on a warehouse fire. Miss it a lot!!!

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sharpiemtb (Mar 23, 2020 at 11:10)

There wasn't enough hooning

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trailcaleb (Mar 22, 2020 at 22:13)

Just bought a brand new Trek Roscoe 7, this is really inspiring!

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sourmix (Mar 22, 2020 at 14:31)

Go Dru!

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morrovonr (Mar 22, 2020 at 20:46)

I love my Gary Fisher Mullet...it`s a funny war tank!!

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rickybobby18 (Mar 22, 2020 at 9:06)

*their

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Soupherb (Mar 23, 2020 at 5:49)

All about fun

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BigLips93 (Mar 24, 2020 at 5:13)

I should buy a hardtail