Tallboy or SB120

Intermediate rider in coastal Massachusetts. I ride mostly xc and trail with very little enduro style here and there.

I currently have a hardtail and a ripmo af. I have found the ripmo is mostly overgunned for my local terrain. And the hardtail is a little undergunned for some of it.

I’m thinking my next bike will aim for the middle. A capable short travel bike. I’d keep only one of my hardtail or ripmo, or if I love this new bike then get rid of both.

Found an sb120 and a tallboy both on great sale on my size. It seems like the sb120 would be more climbing biased and the tallboy more downhill biased.

Which should I pick?

https://www.evo.com/mountain/santa-cruz-bicycles-tallboy-5-c-s-complete-bike?image=245449/1041670/santa-cruz-tallboy-5-c-s-complete-mountain-bike-2024-.jpg&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=18270376022&gbraid=0AAAAADfr30mUbi5rVCRZsWixLzTdceXTl&gclid=CjwKCAjwiY_GBhBEEiwAFaghvq5kDx2OO2IhYQO3aoeJl9j9o5o_dIIAfp058xQajW14NfNJ2I1bTRoCZjYQAvD_BwE

https://www.backcountry.com/b/yeti-cycles-sb120-c2-gx-eagle-mountain-bike?CMP_SKU=YTIR1JK&MER=0406&skid=YTIR1JK-LOC-XL&mr:device=m&mr:adType=plaonline&utm_source=google&utm_medium=pla&utm_campaign=213417157__p:G%7Cs:BC%7Cct:Shopping%7Cct2:xx%7Cg:xx%7Cc1:Bike%7Cc2:Bikes%7Cb:xx%7Cmt:xx&utm_content=148156521079&utm_id=go_cmp-213417157_adg-148156521079_ad-657788500942_pla-2435090789957_dev-m_ext-_prd-YTIR1JK-LOC-XL_mca-7811_sig-Cj0KCQjwrJTGBhCbARIsANFBfgvJWtT7aJpbLtoOOZkwAHAyovs2tZ5tQldZsR0sSh5OlKSIyfN5kREaAoYXEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=213417157&gbraid=0AAAAAD_Jw0ZOtP5uqrDBNz9J1KwUQGOMf&gclid=Cj0KCQjwrJTGBhCbARIsANFBfgvJWtT7aJpbLtoOOZkwAHAyovs2tZ5tQldZsR0sSh5OlKSIyfN5kREaAoYXEALw_wcB