I only saw the Khyber elite? Where did you see the Super? My riding is more trail > all-mountain than it is all-mountain > freeride. I ride with recreational XC guys a lot - we take the climbs easy and then I bomb the descents to the best of my ability and wait at the bottom. Favourite trails - Jonkershoek's gnarly rocky singletrack, Contermanskloof's blue and lower black routes, that sort of thing. Downhill? Not really - maybe at some point I'll ride some light downhill - I've ridden stuff like G-spot on my hardtail but there are no major jumps or drops there that you need to commit to. As such, I am thinking 140mm travel bike is going to be the best all-rounder. So far, the options I am considering are: - 2010 Trance X going on here for +- 13k. Cons: shorter travel, Pros: best parts spec of all the bikes I'm looking at, and fairly new. Might slap a 140mm fork on the front later. - 2007 Commencal Meta 5.5 for the bargain price of 6.5k. Cons: a bit banged up (though I must say, it seems to be cosmetic, there is NO play whatsoever in any of the linkages, I've fiddled with it a lot) and crappy front fork - conversion to Rock Shox Sektor with through axle and a new hub will bring the bike's total price to about 11k. Pros: I really like these, have ridden it around the parking lot and it feels good, like how the suspension feels on neutral ground and the parts are decent - new X7 deraillers, stylo cranks, x7 shifters, etc. plus the current fork can be flogged. - 08 Khyber or 09 Teocali from obike: only IF they have my size (not listed on the site). Cons: not nuts about either to be honest, Pros: both seem to be decent rigs with a decent parts spec, and will be bought brand new with warranty. No matter what I go for, bottom line as someone said to me the other day, no matter what I go for: "it's better than what i have"
