I suppose that is what the market is dictating currently, what with gravity enduro stuff and a lot of people with limited cash(like me) downsizing from downhill bikes.
It made it into the Dirt 100 recently so they like it at least…
Well that was my question, sort of…
From reading the all important numbers on the saracen site: Is the 66.5* HA/160mm travel version still intended as an “Enduro/Trail” type bike or is it actually a “Mini DH” bike, Where the other version is a 68* HA/140mm more of a trail/enduro bike?
Two potentially quite different bikes as the geometry seems to vary quite a bit with travel, yet same name and not much made of the geometry differences….
Obviously it is basically the same frame but with a different Shock and/or Rate link in each instance (I assume) but it’s a little confusing… Well to me at least.
I think I’d still personally opt for the 140mm version as that’s more what I’d be looking for in and air sprung trail bouncer, I imagine the slacker LT version is probably intended to appeal to the born again Downhiller-ists, but it might miss its market simply because it’s not properly diffentiated…