The requirements are pretty simple, I'm thinking of a new bike and I've a list but can't seem to find what I'm after -
140mm travel full suspension
2x10 gearing that isn't Sram
Dropper post
27.5/650b - 26 is perfectly fine but it is being dropped and I'm really not convinced 29 is right
Had Fox shocks since 05, happy to give RS a shot
I've discovered I'm a bike kit snob and would like as much XT as possible - got SLX on a bike and it isn't as crisp or precise as XT - shifting or braking
Ideally below £3k
Not fussed about frame material
This is just a thinking thing just now so not looking to buy outright but all my looking just now seems to be showing me loads of 1x11 systems...I've no interest in that, when I have the legs/lungs again I want to pedal up as well as down the hills.
I don't ride hard and I don't generally do jumps...saying that, the fitter I get, the faster and slightly harder I ride. I'm perfectly aware that this will be more bike than I need...I'm more interested in the bike working than having top-notch kit so although I want XT XT, at that price very few come with a lot.
Looking around I can't find anything that is ticking all those boxes - apart from the Canyon Strive...there must be others?
do you not have a whyte carbon atm?
Seems to tick all the boxes
https://www.canyon.com/en/mountainbikes/bike.html?b=3558
Would have helped if I had read to the end of your post
Have a look at the Norco [url= http://www.evanscycles.com/products/norco/sight-alloy-70-2015-mountain-bike-ec073035 ]these ones[/url]
fits many of your criteria...
Trance 27.5 1 ?
140mm , 2x10 , XT / SLX .
Yes, 2011...and I fancy a change plus a new wheel size...that Cube looks nice, ta. The Canyon is Sram so an instance n.
Thanks so far.
canyon spectral, buy for the frame not the consumables!
What about the Bird, you can spec it how you want it
http://www.birdmtb.com/aeris-150-2/
Trance is the standard answer. Everything you ask for.