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Whistler is the MECCA of MTB
What some people can ride these days defies belief and borders on the insane. One of my favorite trail videos is this one, just have a look at the ground 9 seconds into the video or to the sides at 1:30. I know there are videos with jumps, drops and all that, but "just" riding along a ridge with all sorts of difficult features, holes, lots of off camber sections, where you know that if you make one mistake, you're dead, that takes my breath away.
I quite like trainers I only have a dumb trainer that makes a bunch of noise, but when I used to use it I thought it was quite effective in terms of training and well, you can stay in the summer kit and that's good when it's -4 out.
But, unless it's snowing I really am not interested in it. It is so nice out this time of year in the mornings. Sunrise is late so riding at around 6 you get to watch the sunrise, add to that that there are very few people outdoors early it's really quite nice.
Who cares about the cold. Just put some clothes on and away you go.
With the exception of the gearing (I would want 1x12 or 2x11 on there), that is good advice I think.I have also ridden most everything in the area with a single speed hardtail with a 100mm fork and 29" tires.
If you are ok being slower than road bikes on the road, a hard tail can really be your do-it-all bike. Weight-wise, it is not that bad, especially off road. If you are willing to shell out money, you can get sub-10 kg mountain bikes, but these tend to be very pricey.ok that's great understand way more - surprised at the weight actually, didn't know MTBs were so heavy actually.