have you looked at any other bikes apart from them 2?
i used to full on ride but know not so much just the ocassional but the bikes i would recomend for your type of riding are:
kona= shred, stuff, cowan, five-0.
norco= ryde, 125, 250, 4-hun.
giant= stp0,1,2.
they are the main brand bikes you...