What are my best options for xc/ marathon/ easy trail bike in full sus? Anyone recommend anything or say absolutely no to anything?
Relatively budget end of scale, would like 100mm or 120mm max. Must be through axle, tubeless ready, not bothered about dropper, and have some sort of lockout.
So far seems like
Trek- look lovely, no stock currently in XL
Santa cruz- v pricey
Specialised- pricey but less so
KTM- lot of local guys have these
Canyon- reasonable price, rubbish finance deals
Fallen out with Scott a bit
Can’t see that any of the budget brands really do a value xc type model?
They look nice but maybe more bike than I need. Looking on the website all the images are people doing stuff I don’t do- wearing pads, jumping, riding off big rocks etc.
Might be too much for me?
What are my best options for xc/ marathon/ easy trail bike in full sus? Anyone recommend anything or say absolutely no to anything?
Relatively budget end of scale, would like 100mm or 120mm max. Must be through axle, tubeless ready, not bothered about dropper, and have some sort of lockout.
So far seems like
Trek- look lovely, no stock currently in XL
Santa cruz- v pricey
Specialised- pricey but less so
KTM- lot of local guys have these
Canyon- reasonable price, rubbish finance deals
Fallen out with Scott a bit
Can’t see that any of the budget brands really do a value xc type model?