Want to get back into mountain biking

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I am a 36 year old female rider. I was big into mountain biking from about 1990 to 1998. Since then I've only ridden my road bike, and the only trails I've ridden in recent years have been on my motorcycle (enduro).

I am really wanting to get back into mountain biking (cross country). I am looking at getting a titanium hardtail with a decent suspension fork on it. I have never ridden anything but hardtails (steel and aluminum), but now I'm wondering if I should consider a full-suspension XC frame. I'm hearing better things about full-suspension than I heard back in the 90's. I noticed that the Santa Cruz Juliana frame is in the same price range as the two Ti hardtail frames I'm considering. I want a very light bike. It seems that full-suspension no longer means heavy. I think the Juliana is only about 1 to 1.5 lbs. heavier than the Ti hardtail.

I guess I'm just looking for a little guidance here. I'm 5'4" and 105lbs. What are the pro's and con's of each. What would you guys recommend for a small, lightweight rider.

There are alot more full suspension bikes targeted at XC these days, and they can be solid climbers as well as unlike they used to be. The pedal efficiecy has definately increased in alot of the XC specific ones. I am not sure what the range is like in the women specific models. The mid to high range models have good adjustability in the front and rear suspension to target your riding style/s.

I geuss the main difference is the ride, a hardtail can feel like a bone shaker once you've ridden a dualie for a while but then it comes down to the terrain your ride. The benefits of a dualie is more noticable on more technical trails.

I switched to full sus about 3 years back,and now my ride is in the shop with a cracked frame.Healing time 3-4 weeks waiting for parts.So out came my semi-ridged with a very mediocre judy sus up front and man has the ride back down the mountain been scary.The full sus tracks better and holds a corner better,besides absorbing the bumps.I have lockout facilities on both rear and front shocks on the Full suss.Although i use the travle option on the rear when climbing up loose dirt and gravle roads. So climbing on the full suss is even More comfortable than the rigid.
I CAN'T,take much more of the bashing my SEMI is giving me.:)