Originally Posted by cxwrench

Pretty hard to know which you'd like best. Can't imagine why you'd want a 27.5 bike but whatever blows your skirt up. 29er mtb wheels are plenty tough. At your price point everything is going to be 1X. They're all good bikes. The X-Cal is a 29er unless you're pretty small...only the XS & SM sizes are 27.5. The bike also weighs 29.5 with tubes...not much under 30.