Aggressive hardtail 29 options

The biggest problem with these new crop of aggressive hardtails is that they’re gateway drugs to equivalent FS.

Had my Moxie for 4 months, completely fell in love with the geometry but was reaching the limits (for me) with a HT. Got the closest thing to it I could afford, a Bird Aeris AM9. Would love a Pole or a Nicolai, but can’t justify the price tag.

Had my first ride today, I’m in heaven

Yep.   There’s at least two Geometron owners on this thread. My old FS rapidly felt too shory