A hardtail mountain bike is typically seen as less expensive, easier to maintain, better for learning on, and more efficient.

Hardtail mountain bike: Salsa Rangefinder Deore 11 27.5 Budget hardtail mountain bike: REI Co-op Cycles DRT 1.1 Full-suspension mountain bike: Revel Rascal V2 Regardless of whether you huck cliffs, ...

There are many different types of rear suspension designs, but all of them share a similar goal: to smooth out the trail and keep traction to the rear wheel. Suspension layouts can use one or multiple ...

Cotic’s Cy Turner and Merida’s Jon Woodhouse explain why hardtails can inject more fun into your riding and be oh-so ...

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It’s easy to become part of an echo chamber. Pinkbike often gets lost in the finer points of mountain bike technology, from suspension platforms to frame flex. But what kind of questions are people ...

Today, Wisconsin based Trek has released an all-new gravel bike, the Checkout, that aims to bridge the gap between drop bar gravel bikes and cross country hardtails (please nobody call it a grountain ...

Before you jump on your new mountain bike and start ripping the trails, it’s vital to set up your bike’s suspension. Failure to do so will result in a rough ride that could end in a crash. At the very ...