If you follow Singletracks regularly, you know our weekly mountain bike surveys are a lot of fun. After running dozens of polls we decided to look back at the data, and to pick out the most interesting results.
The following infographic focuses on gear-related questions only; look for another later this year that will cover other topics.
Note: our surveys aren’t scientific, our data isn’t perfect, and we took some liberties interpreting your responses. Most surveys received more than 1,000 responses, with several cracking 5,000+ replies. But ultimately every one of these charts deserves a proper study in its own right.
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Cool infographic. I’m really surprised to see a dropper post recieved more votes than disc brakes as the most important component. Surely people wouldn’t choose rim brakes and dropper over disc brakes with a conventional seat post, right? I know we’re all hyped right now about the benefits of our droppers. And I’ll admit I take my disc brakes for granted, as well as most of the other components listed. I’m just not confident I’d be able to fully utilize my dropper if I had to run rim brakes. In fact, I’m confident I wouldn’t. The times I’m dropping my seat are usually the same times I’m most reliant on my brakes (and should be glad they aren’t rim brakes!).
Login to replyI like the info graphic format too. On the same topic I’m surprised tires got so few votes, without good tires I don’t think I’d have the control at speed needed for any of the other parts to be necessary.