Full suspension saved my groceries today.

I rode through the woods to go shopping and back. On the way back a cloud with hundreds of horseflies was chasing me, while I rode over cobbles with potholes. We also have concrete panel roads here that sometimes have shifted to hight differences that sometimes match corner stones. I remember I had the same problem there with a hardtail and when I tried to outrun the horseflies I lost my Ortlieb Quickdrop panniers every 50m. So why on earth are full suspension travel bikes so rare? They give safety, they save your gear and your spine. And at least, when I make them, they are reliable. I fortunately got the 2001 Riese&Müller Delite (Now it's only available as e-bike.) at a lower price as it would cost to build a frame on my own, which I do - sometimes for me, sometimes for sale. I've put in a fork of my own production. Thus the lowrider benefits from the suspension too.