I only have one bike now, hardtail, 7 speed Cannondale with the lockout front fork with V brakes. I'm needing to upgrade, to a 9 speed with mechanical disk brakes. I'm a roadie and in the winter I do more MTBiking because I can't find my roadie friends to do any MTBiking with me during the spring & summer months. For the amount of MTBiking I do, I want and only can afford one bike. It seems I should be leaning towards a hard tail again, don't know what the price difference is but it would seem to be less money and of course lighter.