Thanks, they appear to have similar ideals. This rig seriously makes me consider selling my enduro frame, and building something up like this. I love the slack HA, but My Enduro is overkill for a lot of shit here...
I know what you mean, before I got this I was considering an Enduro, but went with this as it's better for pedalling. Have the longer fork up front is awesome, makes so much difference with descending compared to the Reve; but it still climbs well cause of the shorter travel up front. Definitely a great setup.
I can almost take that back though, I had an awesome ride. I don't know if it would be as good on the stumpy, likely... but F. I have a working frame, so I'll keep it until i break it. SS build takes precedence.
I went to Grogley earlier, damn the Lyrik is soooo good, just eats everything. Was instantly faster and it tracked the ground so well it just made my front tyre grip so much better. Though they still clogged up with mud.