• I don't really know what to recommend other than any full sus bike from 15 years ago?

    I don't think what you want really exists.

    "my commencal furious is the very definition of chuckable. Short wheel base, short back end, low top tube" That is what I want and what I mean by chuckable.

    No bikes from 15 years ago are going to feel chuckable in the way a Commencal Furious does. It feels that way because of its modern geometry.

    It's hard to give specific recommendations on bikes from 15 years ago because no one rides them for good reason - they are shite.

    Old Santa Cruz vpp bikes, Norco full sus bikes from around 2007-2012, Orange Patriot or Sub 5 from late 2000's

    Take your pick!

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