Singletrack Dreams Aboard a Drop Bar ‘Quiver-Killing’ Hardtail [Reader Bike Check]
As we saw in our bike check with Patrick Goral in 2019, square-pegging a bike into a round-holed category can be moot. The same goes for Troy Lyon’s steel Proudfoot Resolve. Proudfoot, which is no longer making bikes, made the Resolve as a steel hardtail, capable enough for rough descents, and comfy enough for long days. Whether it’s bikepacking, singletrack riding, or gravel biking, the Resolve still seems to do the trick for riders like Troy, though it won’t be as easy to track one down anymore.
Troy’s Resolve came into his hands through a friend. He had broken a crank arm on his full-suspension...