Got a sweet deal on one of these a month or so ago. Solid, well finished, well spec'ed bike, lots of fun on the trails here in MA. Stock tires sucked; swapped out to 3" Spec Purgatory Controls f+r and that made a huge difference. Other than that, I'm very impressed with the overall quality and value. I'm definitely riding well on it, picked up a good bit of overall speed compared to the 26" 1x8 or 9 steel hardtails or 6" trail-ish bikes I've been mainly riding for awhile. Bit of a pig on long grinds, but whatever, it's got a much lower gear than I've had in years.