Man STFU I'm so sick you you guys from out west shitting on people from the east coast. Are DH trails at the hill are good and probaly just as or more rough than trails out there and I know because people have come here from there and said that. I'm saying that for a FR bike you don't need like a 8" double crown fork and a 8" coil shock, overkill, you can get away with lighter smaller stuff.
Wow is your memory short, we were talking about a 7" travel bike! Anyway, if you have a bike that has long travel but pedals well, why limit yourself to short travel? If your smooth ALL THE TIME you don't need it but if you're so smooth why don't you ride a fully rigid? I live on the east coast and I've been to BC twice and even though the trails out east are challenging enough to let me to enjoy BC, they can't hold a candle to Whistler, the Wood lot, Squamish, the North Shore… You won't know til you go.