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cannot believe you wrote your requirements without using the word downcountry
lol, this phrase has been rattling around in my head, but I don’t really understand what it means!
unrelated but do you work for Heidelberg the printers?
I do not.
If you don't have the luxury of being able to afford multiple bikes, get the most flexible one.
This is where I’m at, I think. @platypus I have a number of your posts screenshotted on my phone and a steel hardtail is a v sensible choice (especially tempting as ss-able). I am pretty sure the Germans will laugh at me though, which I am not ready for.
Thanks for all the replies, sincerely. Having done some more reading, the canyon neuron seems to have been largely superceded by the spectral. I am heavily leaning towards steel though for the feel and just because a canyon doesn’t feel particularly exciting.
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This is where I’m at, I think. @platypus I have a number of your posts screenshotted on my phone and a steel hardtail is a v sensible choice (especially tempting as ss-able). I am pretty sure the Germans will laugh at me though, which I am not ready for.
Not that I'm in any position to comment with my really quite heavy aluminium enduro bike, but my girlfriend has a Vitus enduro bike and a Moxie Pipedream, the latter being a steel hardtail and the former a 160/170mm full suspension bike.
Her enduro bike is significantly lighter than her hardtail, despite being obviously more complex.
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You could have a look at Specialized Epic.
With the Brain rear shock it feels like a hardtail, albeit one with a soft back tyre.
I used to have an early one and I really liked it, only really struggled on big jumps but I wimped out long before the bike did
Not to everyone's taste though
Dammit
Cutthroat_Jake
cannot believe you wrote your requirements without using the word downcountry
unrelated but do you work for Heidelberg the printers?