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I totally get where you are coming from. Standert definitely have some great colour/ designs. Some older Erdgeschoss are wild too! Bikes should be fun and make you want to ride them.
I also totally get the hesitation I’d not riden off road for a long time, I pondered over what I wanted for ages, jumped at a great Slate but wasn’t suited to what I really wanted to do, longer distances, bags, dynamo.
As I’d rambled somewhere I wanted something crossover quick could do winter duty. Personally I’m glad I went for more clearance as doesn’t change much when running narrower tyres but gives that possibility and confidence to really go for it off road. Something I find is a mixed surface ride can be much shorter to get same feeling of escapism, which much of my riding is about really. I ride about 200km a week.
I’ll weigh it when I get a chance. If you were closer could take it for a spin.