Advice on bikes.

[Fdnavy]

Hello all new to the evoke world. I’m looking for a bike. I’m a bigger guy at 6’ 260. I live in Northeast PA so there are lots of hills. I’m interested mostly in something I can ride on rail trails, fire roads and the like. I am looking at Giant Explore E+ 2.0, Specialized Tero 3.0 and one of the M2S bikes. How do the direct to consumer bikes compare. Price wise they are close to the giant and specialized bikes I’m looking at. Giant seems a little easier to get as I can’t find the specialized in stock. Any words of advice?

 

[Fdnavy]

Max budget is 3500.

 

[Gary]

Those bikes would be fine for the sort of riding you want to do.
The cheap Suntour fork isn't really suitable for a rider of your weight though so budget for an upgrade and speak to the shop about swapping it for something more suited to you.