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The modern big carbon mtb goes up a hill in the back of a land rover.
I have stitched these two topics back together see.
Lots of people end up way over biked and so the climbs become a slog and the descents not much better - so many uplifts have enduro bikes on them these days, usually more than DH bikes! I'll admit that at 38lb my Megatower is a pig on the climbs, it's got ultra soft Conti DH tyres, a coil shock, 180mm front and back, DH brakes, Cushcore inserts etc, but the way I look at it is that it's a bike that descends like a DH bike on the trails I like to ride, and yet can still be ridden to the top. It's crap for a general trail ride though, way too heavy and sluggish. But when I want to I can still do 70km/3500m days on it when I'm fit. Of course for the days where I don't need that sort of rock eating capability I have other bikes that are much more fun for that purpose. When you're at some of the busier places it's funny to see just how many people are riding around on full fat enduro bikes when they're barely riding at beginner speed. This isn't a dig at their skills, more at the media and society that has made them buy into something that actually hampers their experience by being too heavy and sluggish for what they're trying to achieve.
Also, good skills
Personally I drive to places I ride because there's nothing round here I want to ride, either off road (too flat) or on road (too busy, sod that). And half the time I enjoy the drive down the country lanes as much as I enjoy the riding. I don't think that has anything to do with the weight of the bike though given my road bike that's half the weight gets thrown in in just the same way. Maybe it's with a little less effort, I'll grant you that...