>>686743Depends on what/where you ride. Those pics I posted are from scrambling trails which pretty much means carrying the bike up and riding down, it can be pretty dangerous even on a beefy HT. Even most of the "XC" trails are extremely rocky and rooty, I'm sure they wouldn't be much fun on a skinny tire XC hardtail bike. Get the biggest tires you can fit and you should be okay on most stuff. Even better if you got a full squish.