Thinking about a new bike for next year. I want a light weight, short travel, full suspension bike that I can ride most places & do some racing on. Is that whats called a Marathon bike??
Want a 24" top tube.
I've these in mind, but what else should I consider, say under £3K

Cannondale RZ 120 1
Turner Flux, SID's, light UST wheels, plus existing groupset & finishing kit.
Trek Top Fuel 9.

Not considering;
Giant Anthem – had one but in between sizes.
Santa Cruz Superlight – had one &have a Heckler so to similar.
Specialized Epic – Don't like brain shock idea.

Blur XC?

when you say you want a 24" top tube, what frame size do you want?

24" effective top tube. So a large, 19", but it will depend on manufacturer. A medium Anthem is slighty too small but a large a bit big.

Ellsworth Truth…24.3" eTT for the Large

(Ellsworth have without doubt the most annoying website of any bike manufacturer imho)

Scott spark

Different stem will sort the Anthem.It'sthe fastest bike in the world.

What?!? You want a short travel marathon style bike, but your considering trail bikes and not marathon bikes??

maybe you want a trail bike?

P.s I know someone will say theres no difference between "marathon" and "trail" bikes but there is, the anthem X is completely different to the trance and trance X series.

Nicolai Helius RC

in the large, 24" TT

100/120mm travel

Flux.

Cube AMS.

Trek Fuel EX9. Meets requirements pretty nicely. In the 18.5" size the effective TT is 24"