3speed

That’s a tough one to answer, but I think part of the answer is in your own writing. You mention reasons that you like full suspension like being able to ride right up a curb and the trail being effortless to ride, and that you’re riding for exercise. A lot of people would likely find that boring and ride hardtails for the opposite reasons. They’re not riding for exercise; they want the challenge of the bumpy trail. They want to rely on their skill, not the bike, to get them blasting down the trail. They don’t wanna ride right up a curb. It’s fun for them to develop and use the skills to bunny hop up it. Just different goals and different ideas of fun. To me, a hardtail is more exciting and fun in some ways, and full suspension is fun in other ways(though not as exciting because it makes everything easier). It’s kinda like driving a fast car vs a slow car. It’s way more fun to drive at the limits of a manual transmission car with 150hp than it is to drive an auto transmission 350hp car below it’s limits. The 350hp car is faster and easier, but it’s basically sitting in a couch coasting from light to light. The lower powered manual trans car is exciting and a challenge to see how fast you can go as you pound through the gears at redline.