Mountain Bikes: Full Suspension vs. Hardtail 

I wish she wasn't reading this off a script and have insight from her experience

whatever your bike, go ride your bike

I feel telling newbies to get a full suspension is there way of getting people to buy more expensive bikes. Right now I'm on a lower end Trek hardtail and found that it has caused me to upgrade my skills to make up for the bike. I am currently about to buy a new Remedy or Fuel Ex but I think the hardtail is key in forcing you to learn key skills that will make you that much better on a full suspension. Also, I've taken this hardtail down downhill ski trails before, while I was much faster and safer on the rental dh bike anything is possible on a hardtail

This is just them trying to sell more expensive full suspension. Hardtails are great for everything especially if you're a beginner

i use a hard tail and i don't know why but going over bumpy trails seem more fun that using a full suspension mainly because hard tails keep you more aware and you have to play close attention to were your next move will be.

You need full suspension on trail? Give me voldka I ride trail wit no bike for mother Russia

I have got 3 bikes: fulls suspension for downhill and freeride, hardtail daul bike for 4x, dual slalom and dirt jumps, and one hardtail mtb xc bike for riding to work :). In my opinion it's really hard to find bike for everything so I decided to have a three bikes. Have a nice day!

If you're a true pro buy a huffy

I hated this. It was very biased and claimed that hardtails are only for beginners and they cant be ridden well on rough terrain, totally not true.

No rear suspension, we die like men

"All mountain bikes have suspension" WRONG!

I just bought a Full Suspention bike because I have way more fun with it, than with a hardtail. Im not riding crazy trails or so and Im doing wheelies most of the times. Its just so smooth and chilled :D

"However" just buy both if you're a true MTBer 😉 N+1

I cant afford a full suspension so i ride hardtail everywhere and it works!

I have a hardtail and full suspension I prefer my hardtail because it feels right for me but anyway a bike is a bike

In short: if you're doing crazy shit, go for full. If you're just using it for causal rides go hardtail

For starters I would definetly recommend hardtails because it’s way easier to learn basic techniques such as bunny hops or jumping

Sounds like a sales robot.

I love my hardtail, sure a full suspension would be nice sometimes but i do fine on my hardtail.

Informative. Nice reading Emily!

2:51 that "drop" 😑

Thank you! Now when I go into the bike shop with all the super cool looking pricey bikes, I'll kinda know what the heck I'm talking about. This was handy.

This is so simple. Why does she need a script? She is a pro xc rider and should be able to explain this off the bat. Doesnt give us blondes the best stereotype lol

Im riding with a hardtail on tracks its a little unstable but i like it , its like a challange :D

get a hardtail and go balls out downhill

My first mountain bike was my dads diamondback from the 70s. No suspension at all and i rode it fine for years

Great informative video! Clean crisp and to the point! Thanks

anyway go with a hard tail as a first bike so you can learn to chose your line and plus you be a better eidee

Just a second, Hardtail can sometimes tackle rough terrain better and Jump because the are more agile and most of the time lighter, plus, you can do just as big of jumps on a hardtail as long as you know what you are doing, just have the back wheel land just a little bit quicker than the front, so all of the energy gets absorbed by the suspension in the front (if you have suspension)

My mountain bike actually has no suspension

I feel like hard tail is the way to go for me. I feel like it may be more rigid goin down some rough terrain but it's way cheaper.

She's promoting the sale of full suspension over Hardtail mountain bikes! It takes many more skills to ride a Hardtail VS a Full Suspension! A Hardtail is much faster and more agile than a full suspension! The only reason a person should get a full suspension mountain bike is if they have medical problems, such as a bad back! Ride what's best for you!

I love my TREK Fuel EX 9.8 Project One - Full Carbon ♥️🚲

Im loving my Superfly.

Do pivots on the rear suspension wear out at some point and you have to change your frame ?

I have a hard tail and I go to the mountains and do jumps with it, it is my free bike from elementary

Learning in Hardtail Mountain Bikes for Basic Learning is the Best Thing As you progress learning advance techniques on Full Suspension Mountain Bikes!!!😊🌄😇💖💯

definitely reading a piece of paper loving my boardman pro 29 er great 2nd bike

I'm sorry Trek, you're an amazing company that makes amazing bikes, I'd love to one day own another, but there is so much left unsaid here that I cannot and will not show this to my beginner mtb friends, as well as everything said below my comment about not all bikes having suspension and all the other things , what struck me probably the most is talking about full suspension bikes like they are the only bikes that can be upgraded with new/different/better parts. This video is misleading as is the title, and gives a fraction of the information that it could give; the size of that fraction is not something I will decide, but I'm sure I could do better describing than this video in its intended purpose and in a similar time, cause I have done so to friends and others, and have gotten them interested in MTB. I'm working to help 2 of them buy their first good (non-Walmart ) mountianbike currently.

Can you make a hardtail to a full suspension bike?(really curious)

can i also drive on comfort trails with full spuspension?

The fact that the pitch of her voice is in the roof and that she is reading off a script sucks.

One of the most biased comparisons I've seen for the 2. Lol.

Emily is not just a talking pretty head, but is a real athlete. Wiki - "Emily Batty is a Canadian cross-country mountain biker. She won a bronze medal at the 2016 World Championships. Batty is the current Pan American Games champion and was the silver medalist at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. She won the gold medal at the Pan Am games in Toronto in 2015 in her home country." And TREK sponsors her.

What about fully rigid 29ers?

I’m thinking of purchasing a roscoe 8 but I think I’m going to miss my full squish and I’m not sure

Tfw you know comments gonna be more useful and sensible than the whole video.

awesome Video!!!

What's best for mainly on roads & paths (sidewalks)? I'd go on trails sometimes but mostly in urban areas.

Great recomendations and beatyfull biker !!! I salute yours From Bogotá D.C Colombia!! Great brand!!

Wow, this was really helpful!

damn. the conclusion is "it depends on what you do or where you go with your bike". who don't know this? and most of her talking is general information everyone knows.

Full suspension for the win!

Hi, Argus said that its not true that a full suspension bike is heavier than a hardtail because Kenny said so. Also, Fabio Wibmar doesn't always ride dual suspension in his videos and I'm certain if he does he'll improve with my bike tips for him.

I ride a fixie wtf am I doing here

rider using a hard tail as a beginner makes you a better rider

I have one trek full suspension, serie CLV MOUNTAIN 9.9, im love this bike... omg❤

I'm buying a suspension buy for all my new bikes now today when I was done my mtb trail I was riding around a park watching my bros and sis then I rode on the grass full speed and I didn't know there was a super deep hole I thought I would die while I was falling but all that happened was my helmet when down to my face and my suspensions sprung me up

Full suspension for life

Thanks for your video

Was a lifelong hardtail guy. Bought a scott genius. Recently was having buyers remorse and bought a hardtail. Rode it 5 times and realized full suspension is the only way to go. There are no benefits of a hardtail unless you are on a smooth surface. Having at least 100mm of rear suspension and 120 on the front are essential on a trail regardless of how easy its perceived. Just have a lockout and its golden when needed.

thanks for the review dear

Well I decided to buy hardtale If i didn't watch this video probably I'll agonize about which should I buy hard or full Thank you Trek Bicycle

10 Point for Trek

I believe there is some misinformation in this video. If you are a beginner, you won't have the skills to ride technical terrain and so you don't need a full-sus. Hardtails are lighter, simpler and a lot cheaper than full-sus and are easier to learn new skills on. Less suspension means more pedalling efficiency.

I have a hardtail xD and I will buy a enduro bike

Suspension is a new thing in mount biking when mounting biking first started suspension wasn't a thing

The way he was cycling..looks quite same if he cycles on indian town's road..just like my town!

thanks

In philipines we call that shock and in front shock too

Hardtail honey!...do you even ride aggressively this sh*t ?!

For me full-squishes are the best

I've been told by professionals that they hate suspension. Me myself I don't like suspension bikes. I feel like I have more control. I can feel every fall every bump I can tell it's coming before I get there. Need myself I use my body as a suspension.

How can you tell the difference on that xc bike there's on like 75 mm of travel back their, can you tell that I only ride park.

I have an 30 year old without suspensions at all and still working good as fuck. Dont bullshit me gurl

Guys a full sus is amazing for urban riding(jumping stairs and stuff)

Cool vid.

Mountain bike perfect for street because of Port Holes and Rough Edge sidwalk.

I have a hardtail mountain bike.. It's alot easier to drive and you learn skills faster than on full suspension bike... If you actually want to go with the full suspension.. I reccomend you going for a hardtail first so you get your lines easier to drive on and feel the roughnes of the terrain on your ass.. It's easier.. At least for me

Buy a hardtail and go to Whistler Crabapple hits. Everyone would see you as a fucking boss.

I find at the moment hardtAils because it's makes it even more challenging and fun

Im a fourteen year old kid and i gave my brother's bike to united cycle they said it will take four days, what if i say ill do it myself in less than one hour.

Looking to getting back into mountain biking. Back in the day I used a hardtail (late 90s). I’m estimating approx. 30-40% on mountain bike trails with the rest being spent on gravel trails, and you occasional paved pathways with my spouse. I had low back surgery two years ago for a pinched nerve but fine since, currently jogging, etc. I was looking at either the pro-caliber (hardtail) or top fuel (full suspension)…any suggestions would be appreciated!

to be honest hardtail is really good for wheelies and bhops or jumps but its every one choice.

Thank you🤘🏻

If you have a full suspension iTS harder to get up a rock or for that sort, if you get a hard tail. Dune

#FULLY

She is a professional? Wow the probably makes me a wizard at downhill

Nothing looks better than a small frame 29er (Throw up noise) 27.5 ftw Are you riding a bike anywhere other than the street? That's great, get a full suspension bike.

I have a regular full suspension mountain bike would It work?

Trek this is very very useful

She definitely prefers full sus

Im currently using a raleigh m20 hardtail 2005 model as my bike since i havent cycled in years, should i get a new bike in a few years or should i upgrade it? I've been just cruising it in my town, through parks, along the roads thats all

the best suspension - its your hands and legs.

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is it easier to wheelie on a hardtail or is easier on a full suspension bike? (sorry if i spelled something wrong)

I just got a 2017 trek marlin 6 hardtail!

But you can go on an extreme mountain biking with a hard tail

"however" hahaha shes so pretty 😉😉😍😍😍

I like how trek sells a fully ridged stashe and they say all mtb bikes have some squish. Squish is fun to say