Hey Gang,
Looking to get some input on a bike upgrade.
Currently I’m done my second season with my 2023 Norco Optic C3 (size XL, I’m about 188cm and 85kg) – and looking to upgrade bikes while the prices are low. Really love the Optic for riding in both Ontario and Quebec, but I’d appreciate more travel for Freeride, days in the bike park, progression, and plans to travel more next year (mostly Quebec, some Eastern USA, and one or two out West trips next year). My dad also bikes so he’s going to take it off my hands to ride XC, so it will stay in the family.
I can get a really good deal on a Santa Cruz Hightower 3 GX with a 160mm Lyric in the front (also sized XL), although that bike was never really in my radar. I was looking at bikes ~150, 160mm travel like the Norco Sight, Kona Process, Rocky Mountain Altitude, etc.
Would love some recommendations as well as insight from anyone who owns a Hightower – and likes to jump it.
by milly_to