shaddowflyer
Squid
Thanx for the reply. Yea thats sums up about what i was thinking. Go the trance to have to downhill capabilities but with a 29er for good xc performance. Yes we are pretty lucky to have these tracks uphere so i want to finnaly Take advantage of them.I haven’t ridden the new Trance 29”, but I reckon it’d be great at Atherton. But a mate has just sold his 3yo Anthem and bought one after demoing a Trance, a Norco Sight(?) and a Trek Fuel EX (which I’ve got).
A short travel, not overly steep 29er sounds like the perfect bike for you. Every bit as fine as an XC race bike if you just stick to bike paths and green trails, but much more fun and forgiving if you get into the steeper stuff.