Originally Posted by Maelstrom

Hahaha...well to be honest I couldn't decide. I live in a place with equal number of options. I decided on an all-mountain bike (little longer travel) and a robust ht. Even then I have a 3rd being built for urban and dj...so in short, I am not help. I don't think one bike cuts it for a situation like yours. Especially with you coming from chicago

If I was FORCED to have one. A good allmountain 6x6 (old school fr) would be ideal. It would be able to handle anything decently.