I'm looking at buying my wife an MTB as she wants to start coming out with me and doing some easy rides. I'm currently on a hard-tail, I guess I'm a little old school and have never liked the idea of dual suspension, always thought you lose too much power with the back end bobbing around.
Have talked to some of the girls over here who ride and they've all said a dual will make her a far better rider. Then I go into the local shop and he's telling me she needs these fugly big fat tyres. The girls all said 27.5, bike shop says 29'er (which mine is and I find a little hard to corner on the tech stuff).
So what MTB's are the girls riding for low key off-road rides, the odd event (she wants to do Xterra NZ but won't be particularly competitive), and some longer night-ride type team events.
Suggestions / advice greatly rec'd - I'm a roadie....def don't claim to know much about off-road!
Thanks.