I know the prices are about the same, so I am thinking that the Iron Horse is the obvious answer basically because of the full suspension. But I don't do serious DH or Freeride, and I ride up alot of hills. I've heard it is harder to pedal a fully suspended bike. What should I do? Well like you said the Iron Horse is the obvious choice, firstly i have an Ironhorse 7 point, now i use that for downhill a lot, and im sure that a fully suspended bike will be slightly different up hill but if you put it against a raleigh then the Ironhorse will come out on top. get the iron horse for sure, full suspension is not only for jumping i would recommend an Ironhorse warrior series hardtail......much lighter than a dual susp. and much easier to go uphill with | 