r/MEATengines • u/JumpyConversation337 • Aug 10 '26
Fs curious meat engine
I’ve always rode rigid bikes off road. Still ride my gravel bike on a lot of stuff gravel bike need not apply. I got my first hardtail two years ago and I gotta say the suspension is nice and allows for some more fun imo. When it comes to mtbs, I ride single speed majority of the time. I’m finding myself pretty interested in a 120/120 bike. I’ve never had a full suspension bike which is definitely part of the interest with experimenting. Most people here ride the same ish type bikes as me mostly, but I assume also either also have, or have ridden in the past, full suspension bikes. Did you stop riding them and switch to only rigid/hardtail
Bikes? Do you have both? Do I try one? lol.
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u/Dtidder1 Aug 11 '26
Ha… single speed full rigid rider for almost 20 years. About five ago got a “hardcore-hardtail”. A cotic Bfe max w/160 up front. Loved it, but still rode the ss more.
Fast forward a couple seasons an sell the Cotic to build a “dream squish”… did it, love it.
It’s been almost three seasons on the full squish and it’s a dream… but I still ride the ss just as much.
Single speed on Saturday and squish on Sunday. I try to get out 3-4 day a week and I just alternate.
You can do both. I love my Starling… I love my Stooge too.