Cove Handjob - Advice on modern hardtails please :)

[Russell]

Just as a matter of interest did you consider a cotic?

Hmm, I looked at the Soul. Trouble is at that price point (around £400) there are actually quite a few nice steel frames to choose from. I went for the Charge because of my silly notions of nostalgia with a Prestige frame. Of course, now that a Duster is my 'geared' bike, I think that my Inbred may be replaced with a Cotic Simple rather than a Duster SS. Choices, choices!