Originally Posted by
Ironfish653
Not that there aren't still "nice" 26ers out there, but most of them are at least 15 years old don't see much trail use; either the owners got old and don't MTB much anymore, or if they're hitting the trails a lot, they've moved on to more capable modern bikes
Yep. I think my 2012 Turner 5-Spot was one of the last high end 26ers made. By the following year, they were practically dead in the high end market. Kept it going as long as I could, but once I started to need things like rear wheels, it made less and less sense to keep putting money into it. I rode it up until this past winter.
The 2022 Canefield Tilt that replaced it is a phenomenally more capable bike overall. Mainly due to the geometry, in particular the fact that they finally figured out how to make 29ers nimble and fun.