JTmofo
XC Enthusiast
This is good advice and what I was angling at in my earlier post.Just throwing in my two cents -
I think for the riding you've described a 140mm-150mm trail bike would be ideal. Maybe even less travel.
I've done a fair bit of riding at the first three spots you've mentioned and found my 2017 remedy is more than enough to handle them. I think if I were to buy another bike I'd be looking at something a bit lighter on to make the climbing slightly less painful, and the descents more playful. Especially for lysterfield and the lower bit of arthur's seat.
Also keep an eye on Commencal in the next few days/weeks. Noticed Yoann Barelli possibly teasing a new bike on his IG account a couple of days ago.
A LOT of people are sucked onto the "I need an big F*CK off enduro slayer" bandwagon.... where in reality these are bikes for
A. People who are very fit and extremely skilled to drain every last ounce of the potential of the bike....
B. People who race gravity enduro where they "need" the geo and travel for every millisecond gained....
I've been there.... and done that! I will probably never go back to a big enduro sled (unless I decide to go racing) as I can have more fun on a bike that is less hard work.....