5 Reasons Why I CHOOSE to Ride a Hardtail!
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- čas přidán 6. 06. 2024
- I get asked all the time why I CHOOSE to ride a hardtail. Many people assume it’s because I’m new to the sport or can’t afford a “better” bike, but today I’m going to clarify those misconceptions and share a few of the many reasons why I love hardtails, as well as why I think many riders may be better suited with a hardtail rather than a full-suspension bike.
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0:00 Intro
0:42 Hardtails are Fun
1:52 Hardtails are a Great Value
3:29 Hardtails Require Less Maintenance
4:08 Hardtails are Versatile
7:27 Hardtails are Cool
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Reason #5 is the most important for me. I'm all about saying no to the "N+1 consumerism" attitude in mtb. Not that I'm not tempted by it sometimes. But giving the middle finger to the latest trends and tech, and riding the exact same trails and features that the hot new long travel enduro bikes are riding feels reeeaaaal good.
Haha couldn’t agree more man!
if i had a jump line like that near me, i would never get anything else done. lol. it's awesome, as is the bike. great video, Josh.
Haha ya everyone always wants to go on a trail ride and they have to drag me away from the Lair 😂
👍 I never thought I’d love riding hard tails as much as I do .I sold both my fs Hightower and Bronson as they weren’t being used now I have two chameleons one in mullet mx and the older one in 29er 415 cs everyone thought I was mad but I feel I have learned sooo much by going back to basics ;) 🤙👍 sweet ride the rsd if the stars align I’ll be getting one in titanium ✊
Nice man, you’ll love that bike!!
Hard tails for hard trails. Love me some HT action.
Good! We’ve got plenty of that around here haha
Gotta love the hardcaore hardtails! I have a full squish too but some of my gnarliest rides were on my 2022 Ragley Mmmbop mullet with a 150mm fork. Side note, I'm the 69th thumbs up and I rode 69 miles today on the road bike! Lol!
Haha nice 😂 Sounds like a rad bike!! I’ve been playing around with mullet setups lately (coming off of full 27.5) and really enjoying it!
I’ve been riding an RSD Middlechild for just over a year now and it’s the best and most fun bike I’ve ever had. Especially love it in the mullet setup, cheers! Thanks for all you great vids. Keep up the good work!
Thanks man! Haven’t tried it as a mullet yet but plan to soon!
No sooner do I turn on your video and you show both a RSD and San Quinten. I love both of those bikes and have been trying to decide which to save up for.
Both are great bikes! Check out this video where I compare the pros and cons of each: czcams.com/video/XA5VPttTTek/video.htmlsi=1lsUo8bIlbfmjkfv
I like both HT and FS! Both are fun rides
Absolutely 🤙🤙 Stoked we have so many options!
Great vid 💯
Thank you!!
Agree on all counts! My Ragley is my weapon of choice for 90% of rides.
Hell ya 🤙🤙
So true! I did own five full suspension bikes the last 20 years and switched to a commencal meta ht 2017 in 2020. I like the facial expression in the face of other people when i exit a black single track 😂
Haha it’s the best 👌👌
I own a hard tail and a full suspension! Both Santa Cruz
Nice! Which do you take out more often?
i was ready to upgrade to a full sus ...but decided to stay with a hardtail...going with the salsa timberjack
Great bike! I almost bought one myself a couple years ago!
My satisfaction is never-ending mountainbiking using a hardtail!
Lots'a love, cheers, & Mabuhay, from tropical Philippines! #RideOn #KeepBiking
Thanks man!!
Love the hardtail comment. 43 and still staying on the hard tails. As u get older go to a steel or ti frame to get a little more suppleness in your ride. Currently riding a chromag stylus and I love it
I’m with ya for sure at 48!!
45 here. Agreed. Been through all the bikes including a carbon full suspension I rode for many years…no more! Now regularly riding a steel HT and an aluminum HT. Love them. Love how you can just feel the rolling wheels, rolling trail, and connect with the ground. FS is much more like floating straight on through than just rolling and moving your body with the changing terrain. The rider/bike system as a whole is a beautiful thing on a HT in how feedback from trail requires the rider to respond. The bike demands more from you but you quickly realize that the extra challenges are a big part of what makes riding fun.
I like how you described it 🤙 Fun hearing that all of you have caught the bug too!
Well said!
I’m 54 & love my Honzo ESD , so the same DH trails I do on my full squish enduro rig and so far so good with the body 😜🤟
All my bikes are hardtails , rsd 291, RMB blizzard and a transition pbj . I bought the fat bike last winter and have been loving it in the summer too , they are more capable than we give them credit. I get a lot of comments when i go to a bike park with my hardtail like “ why did you bring your x-country bike “ or “ your going downhill on that “ . I love hardtails but im getting older and my ankles are getting bad so a full suspension might be in the works.
Haha yep, I’m familiar with those! I took my hardtail down the whole enchilada last year and had people seriously tel me they thought I was being negligent and unsafe lol. I kindly reminded them that this trail was cut by dudes on hardtails in the 90s 😂
In $1700 you can get marin rift zone full suspension bike😅
I used to bike a lot in my twenties back in the 2000s. I try to get back on the trails now and it´s great to see that hardtails are still in the game. My new bike will be a hardtail. Great channel, great videos. Thank you. Cheers from Germany
Thank you man, glad you enjoyed the video!
@@ridingwithjoshandwendy Thank you so much
Just sold my Optic C1, I tried it but kept coming back to my Honzo CR 👍
Nice! Ya they’re just too much fun!!
I started mtb around 5 years ago on a hardtail, had my last bike ragley marley for 4 years great bike. Just got a new ride ragley big Al, still getting used to the 29er not as playful as the marley but it's rolls over stuff great and carries speed really well.
I do feel like an aggressive hardtail has a cool factor, no full suspension can give off the same vibe!
Nice! I've always loved Ragley, but never had the privilege of owning one. That's awesome you're onto your second!
Let’s face it, hardtails are the shit. I mean I love my full sus bike, it’s a beast and a ton of fun to ride, but usually I’m having the most fun on an HT.. cool video Josh 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks man 🤙🤙
I owned an RSD Middle Child for about a year. Loved the geometry, but it was a little too stiff and harsh over the rocky trails I ride in Arizona. Great bike though. I wound up keeping my Trek Stache for when I need a hardtail fix. Just a lot more comfortable over the trails I ride most often.
Nice! Back in the day I wanted a Stache so bad! I bet those 29+ tires tackle the chunk like a dream!
@@ridingwithjoshandwendy indeed they do. Really fun bike to ride. Not as stable as a Middle Child on really steep stuff, but snappier handling and very capable. It just monster trucks over everything with those big wheels and is very playful with those short chainstays.....and it's still sub 30 lbs.
The problem with hardtails is that they last quite a long time, they are kinda piling up since logic prevents me to get rid of them. I recently put some ht frames with outdated geometry by the side of the road with a "serve yourself" sign. All four were gone in minutes, guess they weren't that outdated...😂
Haha that’s awesome! I really want to convert an old XC hardtail into a drop bar gravel bike!
i realy do love my hardtail.....The Nordest Bardino2..
Sweet! I have a Bordino 650b Ti!
awesome frame and geometry 💪
I've got three bikes and they are all hardtails, Orbea Laufey, Sonder Signal ST and Ragley Marley. My local trails are Trail/XC so hardtails are as capable here as a full squish and faster. Also single speeds look cooler and meaner.
Nice! Which of those three do you find yourself riding the most?
@@ridingwithjoshandwendy The Orbea when it's dry and the Ragley when it's wet as it's a single speed, and it's currently got a rigid fork on.
What size front and rear tires do you use? on my hornet, now I run 2.4 on the front and 2.3 on the rear. both of them are Minion DHR II. I'm considering enlarging. maybe 2.6 in the front and 2.4 in the rear.
I have a 2.4” Bontrager XR4 in the front and back. I’ve loved these tires, lightweight and fast rolling but still relatively grippy and strong. I do run an insert on the back though
🎉AWESOME THANK YOU For video
Absolutely 🤙🤙
Do you change your setup when you go to a jump park? Maybe increase the air pressure in the tires or forks? Rotate the bars? Etc. Also, could you give your thoughts on the different build levels on the Middlechild?
Great question! I tend to leave my bike set up with “jump park” style riding in mind for all my riding, as I like to try and treat trail riding like a skatepark. So I run about 10% sag and 30 psi (with an insert in the back). And if I were going to buy a complete MC right now I think I’d go with the aluminum GX no-dropper option, and then just buy a used dropper for $100 or so. $2,299 is a great deal for that level spec, and don’t forget to save yourself 5% with the discount code Josh5%off
@@ridingwithjoshandwendy Thanks! 53 and still getting after it :--)
Nice man, hope to be able to say the same one day!
I saw you switched back to geared for your RSD. Any particular reason? Thanks.
I went down to do some enduro racing in Southern California a couple months ago and as much as I think SS is a ton of fun, and pretty dang fast in some terrain, it’s definitely not ideal for that kind of riding haha. I have my Stanton Switchback Ti set up as a SS, check it out here! czcams.com/video/1pCTbjCQVTI/video.html
@@ridingwithjoshandwendy Makes sense. I have a Paradox V3 with a 1x12 drivetrain and it is a blast.
Loving my Ragley BluePigRace...Ha!
Hell ya 🤘🤘
I only ride xc hardtails
Deberías echarle un vistazo al cuadro 715IND de origen chileno🇨🇱 me gustaría saber tu opinión
I’d love to try it, looks like a super rad bike! Do you have a contact I can get in touch with to have one sent to try out?
Jose este cuadro de 715 industries se ve interesante y bien chevere… y que tal son? Tienes uno o en algún momento has probado uno? Me alegra ver empresas pequeñas de Latinoamérica tirandose al mercado. Voy a checarlos un poco más.
Ahora tengo un cuadro On One que es de Inglaterra, pero si entendí bien tiene sus raíces en Sudamérica antes de haberse caído en la bancarrota, cuando este grupo de la UK los compró. 👍🏻
@@joshdesj tengo la versión 1 de este cuadro que se lanzó en aro 27.5 actualmente está la versión 2 que es para 29". En lo personal mi bici la tengo mullet y anda súper! Es muy estable en los descensos
@@joseluisjerezreyes7665 que bueno... estoy masticando la idea de convertir el mio en mullet tambien!! ud. se encuentra en Chile verdad? he escuchado que el mtb alli es bien bueno 🤘
Para mí es un cuadro muy versátil y estable acá en chile lo probaron varios youtubers nacionales y eso causo que se vean muchos 715 en los cerros, los e visto armados hasta con horquillas doble pletinas cómo Fox 40 o boxxer. Su precio es súper bajo en comparación a otros cuadros hardtail ronda entre los 200 a 300 dólares.
Would love to have this bike..it's a pity that they don't have any distribution in the netherlands =\ Yo Alex, if your reading this and you want a dutch review, hit me up ;)
Haha that’s a bummer man, love the bike!
Imo, hardtails look the coolest.
Absolutely 🤘🤘
Does anyone have tips for a budget hartail. I want to be able to ride harder trails
First and the martin san quentin 1 for 1000 or grand canyon 5 for 850 dollars or kona fire for 650 best choices i think
Like the Marin for hard trails not so sure about the other 2. Also good way to find something good for not as much is look for something secondhand. I got a barely ridden chromag stylus full build for $1200 secondhand, brand new it’s over $3000
@@Sigmamale973 tyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
@@erikperik-jn5di np always here for my homies
Good advice in here already. Ya, the San Quentin 1 is hard to beat for under 1k!! If you end up going the route it would help out channel out if you use our affiliate link to make the purchase: bikesonline-usa.sjv.io/Y9DvQq
Roscoe 7 here 2023
Nice 🤙🤙
Diehard hartail rider. Hell ya baby!
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Location of this trail? And trail name?
It’s in Bend OR, trail system is called Phil’s
Sweet! I’m 2:30 west from bend. Going to have to check it out soon! Thanks!!
Hit me up on Instagram (same username) when you do, I’d love to show you around!
I’m not that good lol
That’s ok!! I’d still love to ride 🤙
im hardcore hardtail lovers 🤘🤤🤘