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@RuinsMTB on May 19, 2026 7:39 pm Actually realAs much as looking back on the bike It was shitIt taught me so muchAnd it got me startedLike I wouldn’t be here without it
@sebastiangarrett8061 on May 19, 2026 8:58 pm People made fun of me for starting on a full suspension bike
@RBT_123 on May 19, 2026 9:38 pm I might finally be getting a full suspension soon-ish after using a marlin
@AlexHalye-j9t on May 19, 2026 9:39 pm The production quality is well made It helped me understand better.
@NicolasHartle-j8f on May 19, 2026 9:41 pm Fr bro. These 11y/os with 170mm emtbs whining cuz they dont got a santa cruz v10
@LaneFN_67 on May 19, 2026 10:08 pm my parents gave me a bmx race bike and it was huge for bike control and stuff
@Rono.amp5 on May 19, 2026 11:04 pm I started on a race bmx, then a Walmart full suspension and now finally I have a good mtb, but now that I look back they taught me so much
@randomguy0350 on May 20, 2026 1:28 am My first bike has no suspension (it's a hybrid between a street bike and a MBT)
@2Noah_Bear9 on May 20, 2026 3:35 am It’s a right of passage. Learning on a hardtail makes me so much better today
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best ones always start on a hardtail (also first)
I’m still on a hardtail 😢
Yessir so grateful
Same it gave me so much more control now that I’m on a full sus
Fr
So glad my money made me
If you started on a full suspension then you rich as heck.
Actually real
As much as looking back on the bike
It was shit
It taught me so much
And it got me started
Like
I wouldn’t be here without it
People made fun of me for starting on a full suspension bike
Hardtail to enduro to dh
I might finally be getting a full suspension soon-ish after using a marlin
The production quality is well made It helped me understand better.
Fr bro. These 11y/os with 170mm emtbs whining cuz they dont got a santa cruz v10
my parents gave me a bmx race bike and it was huge for bike control and stuff
My hardtail taught me everything I know
Fr I started on a polygon hardtail
Wht hardtail u start with
I started on a race bmx, then a Walmart full suspension and now finally I have a good mtb, but now that I look back they taught me so much
Started off on a REI hardtail
Who's that kid with the mtbx shirt
I started on a full rigid!
My first bike has no suspension (it's a hybrid between a street bike and a MBT)
It’s a right of passage. Learning on a hardtail makes me so much better today
yo that mtbx shirt is tuff
Fr
Develop basic skills that people on full sus don’t have
And im still on a carrera ðŸ˜