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Although I guess I really should try one before I commit. Anyone mid-island have a Surface or Rootdown in L/XL that they'd let me cruise around on for a few minutes?

Beauty. Makes me really consider converting from Stylus to Surface (or just buying a Surface).. We'll have to see what finances look like this summer.

Used to run one of these (the RRP version) but I found that most of the stuff that would have been flung onto my face would build up on the crud catcher and then drop onto my fork seals. Changed to a mucky nutz fender and both problems disappeared.

Still doesn't address the big hurdle: family. I would love to ride every day, but I think my wife would leave me and I wouldn't get to spend all the time I do with my little guy. At this point it's a balance, but hopefully when my boy is older we can start hitting the singletrack together, at least some of the time.

Looks great, but the single pivot hardware looks lighter duty than it was on the older Hecklers, and I managed to break two of those. Santa Cruz, you have my interest but send me a test bike to thrash in Cumberland and if it doesn't break you'll have sold me.

Morgan, how tall are you?

I keep trying to convince a friend that we need to check Quadra out.. Hopefully this will give him the extra push!