Having spent quite a lot of time on the last two iterations of the Optic, I was interested to see where the 2024 model landed. The Optic released in 2016 had a huge overhaul for 2019, and that Optic has won praise throughout the mountain bike world. I had an Optic C3 for most of 2020 as a long-term trail bike, and it truly rewarded a rider that pushed to find the limits.
While the geometry and handling was leading the way for much of the bike industry for this type of
