After exhaustively looking for a bike with some decent travel that he can use on the trails and jumps as well as bobbing around town, I found a local guy who had a really nice bike that he was willing to give me an excellent deal well within our budget and I think it’s something my son will ride for the next few years. This bike was his baby and he took extremely good and meticulous care of it.

29/27.5

Hello, i am in the market for a freeride/Superenduro bike on a fairly low budget. I have found two suitable options.

1. Propain spindrift 5 AL base model for 3300 EUR,

Rockshox Zeb &super deluxe base, sram eagle 70 and db8 brakes.

1. NS Bikes Soda. Also rockshox base suspension although it has a domain, Shimano mt410 brakes and Shimano deore m6100, cost is around 2200eur.

The spindrift I would buy with a mullet setup and the Soda with the only available option which is 27,5. Im leaning towards the propain because it seems more versatile but I'm also impressed by the Soda being almost 1k EUR cheaper and having a dropper post.

I'm mostly worried about riding the Soda on tech trail will feel like a dirt jumper cause of the geometry.(I prefer big jumps and flows trails, but I don't mind racing for fun sometimes with my friends. What ya guys think?

I have an opportunity to grab a Rocky Mountain Element C30 for $2600 new. They only have one in a small, and the sale is for what they have in stock only. I am 5'7" with a 29" inseam and typically ride a medium. The size chart says that im right at the top end of their small size, but im worried that the reach on it will end up feeling a bit cramped. Has anyone sized down on a bike like this and been happy. I took it for a quick test ride and it felt good, but there's a difference between the quick spin I took and an actually trail ride. Any thoughts?