Bum Seeks Saddle (& the rest) for Saucy Rides

everything you have written there is easily achievable (if you have the money), with the exception of maybe the dropper seatpost being routed internally. as far as i'm aware the only dropper post you can route internaly is the reverb stealth, and that is only coming pre fitted to trek and scott bikes (i think), so you'd have to go back to your original idea of the slash or something similar from them.
you say you dont want to spend £5k. how much do you want to spend?
you say you dont want to spend £5k. how much do you want to spend?
My Nukeproof Mega
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You will find that the design of the bike changes how it rides, much moreso than the amount of travel, or what shock it has.
Santa Cruz Nomad/Nomad C
Intense Tracer 2
yeti 66
All of the above with either RP23 or CCDB
Also might be worth waiting to see if the new Intense carbine is launched with ISCG.
On this I would put a set of Fox 32/36 Floats with Cane Creek headset
Full XT group set including brakes (From Merlin)
Some nice but solid wheels, maybe Havens/Havocs or Hope Pro 2 Evos on Flows
Finish with a Reverb dropper, saddle of your choice (I personally like Charge saddles) Enve or Thomson stem, Enve bars or Haven/Havoc bars and saddle of your choice.
This bike will go up and down happily all day long and be much less than £5k. It would not be as DH orientated as a Scratch, but you'll find it much better for the days when you're not pointing solely downhill, and any of these will downhill just fine.
Happy days.
+ some other bikes.
Carbon 456
456 lefty
Pompino
White Inbred
+ some other bikes.