u/Effective-Season9009

Help me with choosing bike

Hello,

I have trouble with choosing a bike, there is so many types of it that I am lost which will be the best. Currently I have Diamondback Heist 2.0 with 27.5 wheels. I want to change it because I move to other city and here there is almost flat surfaces and I am not that young anymore. I need a bike which will be faster (currently I am still pretty fast on mine, but it is so exhausting) on the asphalt but I want to ride on the outlands, forests also. I think that gravel is not for me - I think I need front suspension and I am not ready for this super sporty position. I was thinking maybe about some light XC 29' but I read that they are not comfortable (I tought about fuji slm 29 2.7 carbon). Could you advice me anything? Maybe I should look for cross bike?

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