To all you 29er's out there!

+1 to Scraggie Borsha(suspension forks take away the bucking bronco fun!).I started off-road 12 years ago fully-rigid and had slight shoulder problems from the bumping about.Fitted sus fork; this cured shoulder but made bike heavier and climbing worse.Eventually went back to fully rigid and realised I had developed a riding style which negated the need for suspension.I dont do extreme free-riding/North Shore stuff and it's win win all the way.

I love riding a fully rigid bike of-road. Cheating with fatter tyes helps though ;)

I ride my cycloX bike on trails (35mm tyres), and it skips all over the fecking place if I try and take into a stoney corner too fast. Its a lot of fun, but I do find myself having to regain loss pace all the time.

Running 2.55" 29er tyres at less than 2 bar really makes a difference. Allows me to enter corners with a lot more speed. Making the ride as a whole more flowing (bit of a shite description maybe).

For the sort of off-roading I do. The fat tyres and fully rigid set-up just feels the most fun.