June 12, 2013, 8:34 a.m. -  Orb

#!markdown This is great all around bike and is defiantly up to the task of any bike park. I had the bike for a few months now. The rear suspension is truly amazing. The comments about the fork spring are good one as they bike should come equipped with a matching for spring or at least a recommendations for anything other than a medium which has the proper front and rear spring rates. Cane Creek does make 650 lb/in spring and it well matches to the yellow fork spring (x-firm) for the heavier riders like me with 20% front and 30% rear sag. Not so good stuff. The dropper post is claimed to be 5” travel but it is 4” WTF. The command post clamp mechanism slips easily and one day at the bike park you find this out in hour or less since they seat cannot be dropped enough (slipping fixed with some fiction paste). The XO brake levers flex way too much but the X0 trail levers with a front code calipers has proven to be much better upgrade. The stock brake pads are aluminum backed organic pads and need to go. No sure why specialized messes with the specifying downgraded brake components as they do. The FSA headset bearings are already done and replaced with Cane Creek. The butcher tires are not so great but the 2.5” DH clutch tire is excellent. The steer tube is cut way to short so you will be lucky to get a 40 mm stem stack with no spacers to fit.