• FWIW I ride my 100mm XC bike a lot even though it has obvious cross over with my Arkose and the 130/120 FS bike I have. Largely because it's fast and fast is fun. And I enjoy doing stuff I shouldn't on it. And few of the trails easily accessible to me really need a big slack bike.

  • Yeah I ride my CX bike a lot even though I have a relatively LLS HT and a 160mm FS. Nothing beats a capable MTB on MTB trails for fun though. If someone said I could only have one bike for the rest of my life (instead of 8...) it would be a trail MTB, no question.

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