Must Watch: Chris Akrigg – A Winters (Plus Size) Hard Tail

My takeaway: it looks exhausting and not that fun.

I have recently sold my FS carbon trail bike will all the carbon and highend parts… and bought a 29+ Trek Stashe (alloy hardtail frame). I’m now having more fun on this bike then any MTB I’ve ever owned. It rides like monster truck since I can go anywhere up of down on this sucker. Before this bike I did not like 29er bikes since they felt slow in the handling category. However I seems I did not ride a 29er with the correct geometry (I have more of a BMX back ground). Now I’m riding this 29er plus bike and can not believe what a blast it is (short wheel base geometry).

Would now like to try a 27+ hard tail to see the difference. I’m over FS bikes where I live since it’s not crazy rocky, just steep and rutty. The plus tires are just enough to smooth out the trails yet climb excellent. I call my plus bike a “full suspension hardtail” since it’s the best of both worlds.

take away the guys huge suspension fork and i would be impressed. :-/

I’m not that good of a rider and can’t do all the trick he does, but going down the rider like that is loads of fun and I do it all the time. its not that hard or particularly exhausting (i mean, unless you find doing any sport exhausting then you’ve another problem)

Rad clip, Akrigg is showing the potential of 27.5+ wheels/tires on a hardtail.

@charango- you’re right, it exhausting enough to warrant a well earned post-ride beer. But don’t hate cause it’s not your brand of fun. Chris Akrigg has an awesome stoke level in every video I have seen him in.

@bikeduder- It’s not that huge of a suspension fork, looks like a Fox 34 27.5+ set at 120mm. If that doesn’t convince you check out this older one of his ripping it up on (and having a heck of a lot of fun) a whole lotta different bikes:

What a cool video. Man he really can make the most out of any terrain.

Chris “Ride anything, anywhere, anytime” Akrigg.

Crazy how much nicer that bike looks without a ridiculously Loooooong stem spec’d on it. Does Mongoose think this is 1997 still?

Also, might help their consumer direct approach to actually have the bike on their website before putting out marketing for the bike.

The Buzz that this video created and the opportunity it provides someone interested in a low cost Plus bike to check out is a very small window.

@ Chris – Is totally correct. What a lost opportunity to get everyone excited then have nothing even close on their site. As soon as I saw the video I went to their site and was disappointed. All this effort just to potentially bum people out. Sales and marketing in reverse.

Once you go WalMart….. you never come back! While watching the video I had the thought that I haven’t seen an actual Mongoose (bike) in the wild since the mid-90’s. It made me wonder if they were going to try selling to the cycling public again or just try to get Wally World shoppers on a 27.5+. It sounds as though we’re all wondering the same.