Hardtail bikes all together

Today we got together 7 riders with all hardtail bikes. 

We are all the time enthusiastic about the-most-advanced-all-mountain bikes, such as Yeti SB66, Intense Tracer 2, Morewood Sukuma, Devinci Dixon. On the other hand, hardtail bikes are simple and made us go back basic. I thought such a day which everyone ride a hardtail bike would come someday but the day came earlier. 

Ragley　Blue Pig

Production Privee Shan Shan 917(Med)

Santa Cruz Jackal

Unknown？

Old Mongoose

Production Privee Shan(Med)

Unauthorized 45 rpm(Med)

Lightly covered with snow at the trail head.

We ran two time on a XC-ish loop. It is said that chromoly steel hardtail bikes are flexible but changing from a 6-inch bike, I felt that my Unauthorized 45 rpm bump hard from the ground all the time and rigid enough. I was not able to stabilize the bike in the 1st lap. But in the second lap, I was getting used to and remembered riding of hardtail bikes.

I felt that the difficult point was climbing not descending on hardtail bikes. I usually ride a Yeti SB 66 that keeps forwarding when pendaling at full power. On hardtail bikes, it is difficult to pedal and weaken on rough-climb terrains. Also sitting point of the seat is difficult for the efficient pedalling.

I wil ride with Unauthorized 45 rpm next time on a long trail to find out good or bad points of the bike.

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