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RM Slayer, make sure you get the 2021 model onwards as it's 180mm travel. Swap out the cassette for a 7spd set up and you're good to go.
If I was looking for a park bike it would be 180-200, with triple crown forks. drivetrain would be fairly budget and either single speed or small ratio cassette as I’ll not be pedalling it up hill.
Emphasis on durability and decent geometry over fancy things like carbon fibre, 42t cassettes, etc
I would just want it for smashing out laps on Plenney, Pré la Joux, Les Gets, Tignes, BPW, etc. and it would be a second bike.
A geometron of any description.
I was faster on My G13 than on a hired 200/200mm DH bike.
Id love a longer travel geometron for park days. As I've managed 4 uplifted park days since my 3 year old was born, it would be a bit overkill.
Has no one realised how old this thread is?
OP probably bought a gravel bike.
Over Christmas I hummed and haard over an Airdrop Öhlins Edit and a Propain Spindrift. I ordered a raw Spindrift in January with 6 weeks delivery. After being lied to about delivery dates for 3 months I was eventually offered a blue frame in May. Three emails and three telephone calls later I finally got a refund. I've tried a Spesh Status but wasn't so impressed and was looking at a Commencal Clash - which on paper looks like it should do the job. I had a short go on one at the bike park but the lad who lent it to me was about 20kg lighter so I was abit worried about bottoming it out.
I'll probably just do day hires of full on DH bikes for this season unless something fitting turns up. I've been invited to Lac Blanc on Sunday where they have Mondrakers and Lenzerheide is my "local" and hire Rocky Mountains - so it'll be fun to ride something I can't afford to buy myself and maybe I'll get converted to 200mm of travel and triple crowns.
As always, thanks, STW for all your input.