fenderworks wrote:how bout a Xtrainer? low seat, easy riding, all the power you need. if mostly single track and no fast desert, then give it a try. suspension is good for the slower riding styles (most people on this forum say the xtrainer suspension sucks, but they bought the wrong bike or they are very fast and bought the wrong bike).
LMFAO! So all of us who didn't like the cheap single-spring single-valve non-adjustable soft factory Xtrainer suspension were wrong to buy this bike, and somehow you are incredibly enlightened for understanding this when we somehow didn't?
I'm another one of those riders who hated the stock Xtrainer suspension and has enjoyed several hundred hours of great riding after upgrading it. After 4 great years with mine I'm literally weary of reading variations of your myopic "you bought the wrong bike" opinion written by riders like you who don't have the experience or skills to understand the difference. You don't know anything about riders like me, how we ride, or what we expect from our bikes... including the suspensions. The fact that you're generalizing all of us complainers like this proves that.
Seriously... If we wanted to be on other bikes we would.
I do agree that the Xtrainer in stock form is a great entry-level enduro bike, especially for smaller and/or lighter weight riders. It's easy enough to upgrade it later if you don't like the stock suspension after gaining some experience on the bike.