| question for all you mountain bikers out there.
I'm getting back into mountain biking after a few years, but hardware seems to have excellerated to new levels of trickness, which seems to make my hardware feel a tad aged.
I currently have a ridgeback MX30 which I purchased new a few years back at a premium price, and have not really used it alot until recently.
It's a really good piece of kit to be honest, strong and very light, with a good overall range of gear ratios for heavy off road and medium road work, pretty well bullet proof so far.
Front suspenders etc , but fixed rear end.
my question being, are all these new full suspender bikes with all there disk brakes and go faster paint really any better than what I've got.
they must have a much higher weight factor etc, which would make them a harder bike to ride over certain types of terrain.
Are fixed rear bikes better over fast rough terrain than full suspeders.
I was told by a mate the full sus bikes absorbe a lot more energy when travelling and require much harder work to move them forwards than fixed rear frame bikes, is this true.
I do most my riding over Ash ranges, and anyone who knows the area will know that it has some serious hills and rough areas which would test even the toughest bikes.
I do approx 20 miles of off road work per evening door to door, on the present steed. Would a newer tech bike give me any real advantages , in overall speed and wear and tear.
any input would be nice.
cheers
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