Is A Hardtail Mountain Bike The Only Bike You Need?

The humble hardtail... Most mountain bikers start riding on one, and a lot of riders stick with them! Singing their praises and riding some gnarly stuff that would make full suspension bikes quiver in their boots. Blake is one such rider, join him on a run down Dyfi Bike Park on his Nukeproof Scout 🤘

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[ryandale]

Here is the "We all love hardtails and Blake should do more hardtail videos" button

[VudoLydinys]

You can't buy happiness, but you can buy a hardtail. And that's almost the same.

[tamago]

"Progression comes naturally when you're having fun"

That's a 100% true.

[jbobmusic]

Blake waking up in the morning: time to ride that beautiful hardtail for you beautiful people

[micheletassino]

Hardtails: ego boosters when you are faster than your full-sus buddies, AND the perfect excuse when you are slower.

[its_nygl]

Me with a 600 dollar hard tail
*confidence went up by

[rafe]

I live for Blake's hardtail videos

[NorthDesigns]

Would love to see blake do a video where he used a £600-£700 hardtail with 100mm of suspension. I feel like he would absolutely smash everything that all of us wouldn't dream of trying

[trailrunnah]

I wish I had even 25% of Blake's energy and enthusiasm

[Charlie_Broadbent]

I think when Blake is like 80 years old he would still be able to do a backflip on any bike and other tricks sooo good man

[emilskravalis]

Love Blake for his love of hardtails. I'm sort of a minimalist in many aspects of life and when it comes to bikes, most of the points in this video resonate loud and clear with me. 🤘

[gjbosse]

Been riding my Kona Explosif hardtail for years. Still puts a big smile on my face

[tainehickey]

honestly for me i don't even care if im on a hardtail or a full suspension as long as i have a bike im happy

[The_RC_Dude]

In an age where the industry is pushing bikes with more travel, more complexity, and thins like wireless shifting (which does cost a LOT), it's great to take a step back, and to go beck to the tired and true hard tail that was always there for us, and always patiently waited for us to take a break from full squishes and come back to give it some love.

[Deswilkie]

Sooo miss my hardtail. Was stolen last year so took the opportunity to upgrade to full suss. The HT was much quicker and just a far more fun ride.

Hardtail with 27.5 wheels 😍🤘

[kyleleo]

Progression comes naturally when you are having FUN! I fricken love that comment! Thanks dude

[paddy]

I've two Hard Tails, one is my daily commuter bike that is XC and the other is a Aggressive Hard Tail for the trails. They are both great bikes.

[byggloket]

The compassion for the hardtail he has is so fun to watch. They've done like 10 videos of the hartail and all are the same things but I never get enough of it! More hartail!

[johnnyheidi]

Hardtails are just gnarly & so much fun🤟

[evanloudenback]

I think the best argument for hardtails (especially aggressive hardtails) is that they're all you need for a vast majority of trails! Average mountain bike riders probably spend most of their time riding easy to intermediate trails (green, blue, black) where full suspension bikes are over-kill (though still fun). Considering the cost savings, weight savings, pedal efficiency and challenge/engagement of riding a hardtail, it's easy to agree, it's the only bike most of us need :)