With that said, I think both are troopers and would be good bikes likely based on the cost of them...

I demoed one I was interested. I was interested in an ibis and a Rocky Mountain and it turns out a lot of dealers in slc carry both brands and so a lot of people in the shop had experience riding both. Everyone had the same recommendation for me so it made my decision easy. Even though I ended up going with the bike I didn’t demo.