Never had a full sus but interested as my back is degenerating. My riding is 2hrs around the north downs/Surrey Hills, I'm light and not a gnarly rider at all so thinking short travel full sus. My hardtais are built up very light which I like.
I'm also a fan of titanium and steel, and the retro look so Cotic Rocket looks appealing to me, but poss a bit heavy/burly for me. Litespeed Sewanee looks interesting, but keen to try 27.5 (prob not 29er). And I'm kind of aware of the relative flaws of ti/steel for full suspension frames.
New territory for me so any bikes/frames/brands to look for as a start point?
Many thanks
Under the recommend what you have, a Carbon Camber in 29 flavour will be perfect 😉
Have you looked at the Flare and FlareMAX?
I looked long and hard at Flare, but reckoned it was maybe just a little too much bike for my needs, so have just bout at 17 Anthem. Just about as capable and a whole lot lighter.
Flare looks v nice ...
On the basis of my Aeris 145 demo I've now got one on order so I'd say book a test ride day on the 120. Not steel or ti though, but supporting a local(ish) business who really care about making good bikes, so...
I'm rather enjoying my new niner jet carbon. 100mm travel each end climbs like a monster 🙂
i'll second the carbon spec camber but 27.5
130mm revelation on front 120mm rear, its proper light and its transformed my mates riding..
i've decided i hate lugging around my 150mm pike full sus enduro bike, much prefer short travel for speed and agility and climbing like a mountain goat.