Originally Posted by cyccommute

Specialized is sell the Crosstrail as more of a upscale hybrid than a 29er. They don't list it as a mountain bike but rather in their "Multistreet" line along with their other hybrids. I agree that it looks more like a MTB and is probably much more capable than their other hybrids.

I think you have the weights backwards. There's no way that Trek SU's are going to weigh in at the mid20 lb range. Too much Alivio on them. I doubt that they could go below 30 lb. The Cannondale is a little lighter but it still going to flirt with 30lb pretty seriously. There's also no way that the lowest level Stumpy is going to be that around 30 lb...it's just got too high a level of componentry for that. I don't know very many people who would pay $1400 for a 30lb hard tail.