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Originally Posted by kerley
You shouldn't jump around much when doing XC, the aim is to cover the ground as quickly as possible and time in the air is time lost and it is not as though you will finds sets of doubles on a xc route/course.

That is ridiculous, maybe if you're racing XC but alot of people ride it for fun. You may not find big doubles but a good xc ride should definitely have some steep rocky bits, some small-mid size drops etc etc. I don't understand xc courses that aren't at all challenging, it's basically the same as doing road miles just you get dirty. Even when you look at pro level xc now the courses are much more technical than when I started riding (14 years ago) and all the more, the riders are riding the downhill sections rather than hopping off the bike and walking.

but there is a middle ground where you use a 'proper' mtb, have suspension forks (that work) and a cockpit that you can move around in to use your body to steer/con trol/weight the bike and flow through some sweet twisty singletrack.
those funny barred fridgid arse in the air bikes suck except for sustrans riders with a love for gravel paths.

This is my 'XC' bike, could do with discs but it's a good laugh, nowt fancy but is stiff on the way up and with that fork you can attack on the way back down, also great for all day trawls. Normally ride with flats but has my road spds on here as it was a 127mile canal trip.