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Whether it's less critical may be moot, but there is such a range of activities under the portmanteau of MTB that no one solution can be right for everybody. A full-on race XC position won't be far different from a road race 'on the hoods' fit triangle, but for anything else there is a need to compromise away from aerodynamics and aerobic efficiency and towards control and balance.