• Women skiers, this is the place for you -- an online community without the male-orientation you'll find in conventional ski magazines and internet ski forums. At TheSkiDiva.com, you can connect with other women to talk about skiing in a way that you can relate to, about things that you find of interest. Be sure to join our community to participate (women only, please!). Registration is fast and simple. Just be sure to add [email protected] to your address book so your registration activation emails won't be routed as spam. And please give careful consideration to your user name -- it will not be changed once your registration is confirmed.

Question: What Type of Mountain Bike?

snow addict

Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I am probably the only one who replaced a hardtail with a hardtail :smile: But the new one is carbon and almost 3 kilos lighter than my old Scott. It also has 29" wheels and overall I like it better. I took a few downhill lessons on rental bikes, but generally I don't ride anything technical with tight switchbacks so hardtail serves the purpose.
 

SallyCat

Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I hear you! I loved 29 inch wheels and I did a surprising amount of technical and dh riding on the hardtail. Living in rocky eastern Pennsylvania, though: ultimately it's just masochistic insanity not to ride a full suspension if you can afford it. I'm keeping an eye on the "plus" tire trend, too. If those bikes turn out to have staying power and good geometry and tire quality, they'd be really well-suited for areas like ours.
 

Latest posts

Members online

Forum statistics

Threads
26,237
Messages
497,685
Members
8,503
Latest member
MermaidKelly
Top