EXTREMELY pleased with this one. Built it up a week ago at just a hair over thirty pounds (size XL). The back end is more efficient than I expected. It turns a little bit more sluggishy than my old 26″ steel hardtail, but the 4.5″ of travel and big ol’ wheels mean I don’t have to focus on what’s going under them at the moment and can look further up the trail to compensate. Great fun.