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That’s what I’m looking for! Get my power into going forwards rather than trying to stay on the seat. And give my old man back and wrists a break!
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Yeah, its most noticeable on the flat sections that are rocky/rooty - on the full suspension bike they present to your arse and wrists as essentially flat, so you just keep the power on whilst seated.
On the hardtail you realise that they're absolutely not flat, and you're out of the saddle cranking away, absorbing the bumps with your legs whilst you pedal.
If you have the power and stamina to sprint the whole trail then a hardtail is probably faster, but if you're, well, me then the full-suspension bike allows what power and stamina I have to be deployed far more easily.
Dammit
When riding the same trails back to back on my hardtail and my full suspension bike what you really notice on the flat but bumpy sections is that you can stay seated on the full suspension bike and keep pedalling whereas on the hardtail you'd have to be out of the saddle, and your pedalling would be more sprint than spin.