Relitively new to the sport,i m doing about 50% road and 50% trail at the moment i m going to spend about ($2000)give or take, on a bike,Ive been looking at dual and hardtail,so far looking at Giant xtc comp 1,$2300,Giant Anthem x 1,$2300Specialized Camber 29,$2000,Scott Spark comp 29,$1800.currently riding a tired mongoose tyax so its all gonna be an improvement,ive only had a quick ride on the spark and felt great,sat on the others been in and out of 6 bike shops,like the feel of a dual but totally biked out with overload of info so a few of your ideas would be appreciated.