2024 Giant Stance 29 2 - Best budget / value Full Suspension Mountain bike - All the Details

The Giant Stance has been a very popular budget full suspension trail mountain bike for a number of years. Because of its budget price and the fact that not many brands even try to compete in this category, the Stance has been given a pass on some features and components that left some things to be desired.
This new 2024 Stance has pretty much taken care of all the obvious shortcomings. Features like the new through-axle rear wheel/frame, added suspension, modernized geometry and well thought out spec all add up to an improved version of this bike.
Bike weight is 33.8lbs, not bad. Price is $2299 in Canada: we don't know the US$ price at time of posting this video.
Consider this bike a perfect next step after having a hardtail mountain bike. Once you know you love riding mountain bikes but you notice your friends on their full suspension bikes being able to keep more speed through the bumpy stuff.