I have both and maybe can shed some light. I live near Bellingham where these bikes were conceived and met both owners.
My Regulator CX is now 160/170 with vivid coil. I upgraded the dropper to 210 from 180. With all these upgrades, this bike is super dialed and on the same level as the...
I have the crestline and the regulator and the main negative on the crestline is the dropper insertion limit. I was doing some steeps today and I thought my dropper was all the way up. Suspension wise, it’s a dream. We can’t have it all 😊
I didn’t ride it long enough to hear a rattle and the parking lot test won’t probably do it. What I heard though is the noticeable motor “roar” compared to my CX5.
I could have ridden it longer, but I wasn’t too excited about it.