• in many ways yes but in terms of allowing me to ride stuff I want to ride then not so much.

    I've had probably eight weeks DH'ing in the alps on that bike since i bought it in 2015 (some years it was used twice by me one week and my son with his mates a different week) so its not like it isn't being used

  • Fair. If you're riding DH trails and shit. I just keep seeing comments like "don't buy used MTBs", "get a hardtail", etc and hate the thought of adding shock repair to my list of things I hate doing with bikes.

  • true, I've sold two bikes during lockdown 2020 and they were both full suss. One, the SX Trail deffo had a fucked shock and I told the bloke that but I had factored that into the price plus he was circa 5 stone heavier than me so was going to buy a new shock anyway.

    The shock on the Big Hit probably just needed a service

  • Hippy how come you don't try and buy a rigid 29er? Kona unit X, planet x bigdog, Sonder frontier, I only know cheap options, I'm sure there are boutiquer ones but something like that? It seems like the good inbetween for someone who wants to ride far, off road, in relative comfort, but doesn't want/can't afford to mess with shocks ? Isn't there a flatbar alu alpkit bike that's pretty cheap and has pretty good clearance?

    I ask because I feel the same as you re: shock maintenance.

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