- Right, so we know mountain biking is fun.
- That's why we're out here in the woods.
- And you can argue all day about what's the best bike.
- Yeah, so I think, well I've got a good bike.
- Yeah, but do you need all the flashy gear
to have loads of fun?
- No 'cause I think you just need a hardtail
to have as much fun as possible.
- Come on, let's go for a ride
and see who has the biggest smile at the end.
- Right, okay.
Have you got the trail in mind?
- [Neil] Yeah.
- [Blake] Yeah? Nice.
- [Neil] I'm having more fun than you are.
- [Blake] Nah! (mumbles)
Are we goin' up there?
- [Neil] Yeah, it's fun up there.
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- Alright this is my weapon of choice today
to give me smiles for miles.
I'll be shredding all these trails with Neil
out here in Scotland.
This my Nukeproof Scout Comp 27.5 plus-sized bike.
It's an aggressive hardtail and it costs 1,699 pounds.
You don't need to get something premium like Neil.
- And this is my Scott Genius 700 Tuned.
This is a premium full-suspension bike.
Carbon fiber everywhere, one piece bar and stem,
air suspension, it's got everything.
But it comes at a premium price.
It's 6,999 pounds.
It's a lot of money, but called me spoiled,
I love riding the top mountain bikes nowadays.
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- While the trails are in amazing condition,
I think I've always struggled
to not have fun on any bikes before.
- Yeah, true. - So good.
- It is so good, but I found myself
getting lost behind you when you come into a turn.
- [Neil] Yeah.
- [Blake] You find more grip.
I'm struggling with that.
- Well, I enjoy riding as fast as I can,
most of the time, not all the time,
but this bike's probably perfect for this trail.
So it's a twenty-niner, 150 mil travel.
It couldn't be any better.
- Tryin' to keep up with you at that speed.
I've got a hardtail,
I've got my tires quite pumped up quite hard
'cause it's quite rocky, and I just can't find enough grip.
But, it does come into its element
when a trail gets a little bit slower,
and a bit tighter, and the dirt's a little bit more grippy.
- Where do hardtails really excel?
Like dirt jumps, it's always gonna be bad.
- Yep, on a trail where it's quite smooth,
and you've got small rollers and pumps,
you can generate a lot more speed out of a hardtail
than you would on your, on a full sus.
- [Neil] And we were talking about this
on the way up, actually, like if you were going
on an adventure, gettin' your camper van,
chucking one bike in the van.
- Oof. - And you're going off
seeing cool places, but you wanna ride,
a hardtail's a pretty good option for that.
- I would 100% go with it.
It's super versatile, there's a lot less to,
It's super simple.
A lot less to go wrong, whereas a suspension,
you've got bushes that might go, you know?
- I'm spoiled, I do love nice bikes.
Expensive bikes.
And don't get me wrong, it's a lot of money for this bike,
but I do like having the coolest and the techiest--
- Well yeah, it is good.
I like my hardtail.
It's super different.
But I do, you know--
- It's all subjective.
- It's all subjective, exactly.
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Oh my hell.
- This is super rough,
(groans)
super fun, isn't it, Blake?
- Well I don't think it's fun, Neil.
No, it's pretty rough, I'm all over the place.
I buzzed a tree.
- [Neil] It's great.
- [Blake] Yeah.
I'm on the limit.
(Neil laughs) I am on the limit.
- [Neil] I am fast.
- [Blake] Yeah you can't keep in line when you're,
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- And so Blake, we rode some cool trails.
- Oh, we rode some epic trails.
We climbed up some cool fire roads,
and dropped in on that last trail.
Ooh that was a bit, it was scary.
- So we're in Fort William.
There's some amazing natural trails.
They're really rough. - [Blake] Mm.
- [Neil] Rid two of our roughest
downhillers, - [Blake] Yeah.
- [Neil] and I was chuckling to myself a little bit.
(Blake laughs)
Especially when I was following you,
some of those bits could've been ridden blind.
I've ridden them before, actually.
- [Blake] Yeah, I--
- [Neil] And you're bouncin',
But, it's not to say hardtails can't deal with it.
- Well they can, can't they?
- They kind of remind of me like a Land Rover.
They'll do everything.
Some stuff not quite as well as full suspension bikes.
- [Blake] That's a good example, I like it.
- [Neil] But, you can't say one's more fun than the other.
- No, I had a lot more fun.
I was on the limit, constantly in front of you,
trying to chase you down 'cause you're goin' extra fast,
you've got 29 suspensions. - [Neil] And that can be fun.
- Yes, because I was actually going a little bit fast
and I was picking different lines.
- And we know loads of our viewers love hardtails.
We get it all the time in the comments, that's cool.
I don't hate them at all, I still love 'em,
but I just ride my full suspension bike more, probably.
I do have a really cool XC hardtail carbon bike.
We saw a bike.
- We did talk about bikes.
We saw a really nice one.
I was like oh wow.
- Out on the trail, we bumped into a friend
who's got a carbon hardtail, skinwall tires.
- It's got a dropper post.
- Really nice.
- Aw it looked beautiful.
It did look, I was a bit envious.
- Also that girl in the pub last night--
- We did--
- has got like an adventure bike track stash.
Cool bikes, that sort of thing, definitely.
- Yeah, I love it.
I love hardtails.
It is fun.
It's different.
I experience the trail a little bit more than you, I think.
- [Neil] We'll do a poll as well, I reckon.
- [Blake] Oh, good idea.
- I love to know what our viewers ride,
so click up there, let us know full suspension or hard tail.
And in the comments, let us know
why you like to ride those types of bikes.
- Yeah, depending on if it's a full sus or a hardtail.
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