Originally Posted by wheelhot

Now to answer ur riding style, I consider your riding style as a Trail riding, or light All Mountain, since you want it to be pedal efficient and able to absorb bumps, a VPP bike would really benefit you (Intense, Santa Cruz, Giant, BMC, Iron Horse, Ibis), second is with Specialized FSR Brain models (Stumpjumper(trail) and Epic(XC Race)) or Ellsworth Truth and faux bar (Turner Flux)