I don't have any experience with real mountain bikes but I've ridden two 700c bikes that were very similar in their set-up on rough dirt. One has a trail measurement of 74 and the other has 61mm of trail. I rode both bikes with the same wheelset/tire combo on the same terrain and areas where I could comfortably ride the higher trail bike scared me to death on the lower trail bike. I would pick a line and suddently find myself thrown off that line onto something I wouldn't choose to ride over. This could probably be overcome with experience but as a beginner, the lower trail was problematic in even mildly rough terrain. Most MTB's seem to have a higher level of trail so in my mind, that front-end stability is one of the defining characteristics of an MTB.
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