There’s another way of looking at this – is the bike boring? Or is it that you don’t notice it?
Admittedly I live in and around the Calderdale area so I’ve got excellent sweary northerner trails to go at; I also travel into the Lakes/Dales/Peak/Scotland/North Wales a lot.
I ride an Alpine 160 which some may consider overkill for the UK, BUT it’s the only bike that I’ve ridden where I can actually forget about it and just enjoy the riding. Granted it’s not the lightest bike in the world, but I’m not arsey about having to ride up everything in one go, or even ride up it at all if I don’t have to. But it’s more than capable of getting me riding on the razor’s edge on the alongs and the downs.
IMHO if you don’t notice something doing its job, then its doing it well and as it was designed to do it.