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295 can be ordered with a 140 fork, 135ish rear. You're welcome to try mine.
More generally, I think it can be fun to be over-biked when you are learning, then when you know a little bit more about what you are doing it tips the other way and it's quite good fun to be slightly underbiked. A trail bike is a good compromise here because you can, of course, just go faster to make things more challenging.
Pace is (theoretically) bringing out an Enduro bike next year, which I'll probably buy, but would expect to use the least of my hardtail/trail/jump bikes.
Dammit-
That's very kind!
However I ride Euro brakes and I would be scared to touch the maguras...
I have my eye on a Transition Sentinel or a Stumpy Evo. Both at the long travel end for a trail bike but I have my chunky 27.5 hardtail for local hooning (which is why the Scout got sold, too much crosover) and so the bouncy bike only gets used for trips to proper mountains or big jumps.
leggy_blonde
I want a 29er version of my previous gen Transtion Scout. 140F, 125R and the most fun bike I have ever ridden. Short back end and a poppy suspension tune was the nuts.