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Chances are high it's gonna be Les Orres. They habe a sick new track for Worldcup pupouse on which they gonna host French nationals in September and they already said they wanna host a worldcup. Plus ews has already been there in 2019 I think (Eddie won there) , which would be perfect for a combined dh enduro event.

I'm on a Damper29 since 2020 an the bike is second to none. Custom geometry option is a bang for your bucks at 200 euros and makes sure the bike's fit is absolutely on pair with your needs. Highly recommended. I-Link suspension platform is hands down on of the best on the market. Honestly speaking, when I got up to speed mith my MDE, I was pretty surprised that big companies with lots of R&D money aren't able to come up with something offering a similar performance. I-Link offers a great balance between being very responsive and staying high in stroke for the pop everyone is searching for. So you can ride the bikes pretty active without becoming tired through e. g. braking bumps and still being able to plow strait through the rough like a wild freight train. Like someone else already said here the bikes have like the most possible rearward axle path possible without an idler and without compromising ride characteristics by resulting anti squad and pedal kickback. It's there but even on flats its no problem. Another big plus is huge dropper insertion till you get down to the bottom bracket, making it possible to run long droppers even with short seat tubes. Craftsmanship is also super high quality with bearing seats being absolutely on point for a great fit, which is a big contrast to lots of other frames, even pretty expensive carbon ones. Customer service quality is super high too, because you can reach out to the man behind MDE, Federico, via Email or phone and he'll answer all your questions and is up to provide advice and absolutely knows what he's talking about. Another great thing is replacement bearings are come at a fair price. So all in all, consider one of these bikes for your next purchase. ;)

As a full 29er you get 442mm but in a German forum there is a tall guy who rides a Damper with custom dropouts MDE made for him to get the cs length to his needs. Custom geometry option is an absolute bang for your bucks here.

Geometry for full 29er isn't quite so similar... Stack is higher with a 150mm 29er fork going up to 602, 606, 611 and 620mm and maybe more important seat angle is a lot steeper with 77.9. Head angle is 65 and cs grow to 442.

You should take a look at Veltec @dan-roberts. Super reliable and pretty light wheels. 1790g for a set of 29er wheels you can go full Enduro with.