Hello!
I went to a recent Cotic day at QE Park and looked at the Solaris Max - looks a nice bike but 29er just seems a bit tall for me at 5’7”short.
Anyway, I’ve been thinking about a Soul - I’m just not sure which one.(The new Sould wasn’t at the demo day)
I currently have an Orange Four which is a great trail / bike park tool, but I’m ‘thinking’ about doing the SDW in a day this year (did it last year on the Four over 2.5 days) and was over biked making some hills a bit harder than they needed to be. It’s also not as light asa HT.
Now I’m thinking a hard tail would be better, a steel one rather than aluminium as I still want some comfort at 50 years old and think the Sould would fit the bill.
I’ll be swapping over everything from my Four inc Pike 130 forks. I may need to change the stem and will put a fixed seat post on rather than my dropper.
My question is which model Sould would be better for my needs a new one or the previous model (I’ll onviously need to find a previous model somewhere) for a ride like the SDW (which is my main riding)?
I want good climbing and not twitchy shafting my pants descending with ride comfort.
Thoughts please.
Thanks in advance.