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Fun looking trail, but who picked the music for that video? That song sounds like it was mixed by an epileptic, ADHD teenager on 6-pack of Red Bull. Argh, awful.

Holy Sweet Jebus!

@makonastinky, You might be right, but, wouldn't it be nice to see affordable bikes moving into you LBS, and see 90% of kids buying their bikes at the LBS instead of Walmart? Just saying.....

Well, you could be right, but those statements seem to contradict everything I've ever heard in pit interviews with WC riders and mechanics. I've never heard of a WC racer who wasn't dialing in their suspension relative to each course (not that I know each and every rider). Further, it would seem, to me at least, that suspension settings are probably more important in DH than moto. Now, I'm sure moto fans will probably give me an earful for saying this, but, it seems to me that the variety of terrain from one DH course to the next varies much more than from one moto track to another. Therefore, track-specific tuning would seem to be actually more important in DH than moto. So, if what you are saying is actually true about moto racers being more demanding than WC racers, maybe it's just a result of the fact that the moto teams have more resources and support, and can afford to be more demanding (read picky) about their suspension set up.

Mike Levy says, "but it is probably fair to say that the average supercross racer is far more demanding and in-tune with their suspension than most World Cup downhillers." Errr, based on what exactly? This statement seems like highly suspicious assumption.

Does the cockpit on those bikes look a little cramped to anyone else? Per Polygon, size M frame has an effective TT or 560mm or 22.2 inches. Seems real short to me.

Videos are nice and all, but, I'd really like to know more about the bikes. Info on the website is pretty limited.

@bananowy; Thank you for clarifying my point. While I actually have looked quite closely at the Ghost website and looked thoroughly into their bikes, Mr. Deeeight seems to prefer to shoot off his mouth about things he seems to have no idea about. What a classy dude! Seems to me that type of Troll that we'd all love to get off of this site.

I think the point is that Ghost's brandning of it's different lines of bikes is very confusing. Having looked at the their full lineup in the MTB category, it's pretty difficult, based on branding, to identify the style of bike you're looking for. Where as most bike brands choose a specific and unique name for each line of bikes, Ghost takes a different approach, using the same name (AMR) and then adding additional monickers (such as "Plus" and "Lector") to differentiate category and frame material.

@Wakidesigns; I don't disagree with you. Purpose is relative. My comment was only clarifying what I was interpreting to be the author's point, because others commentors seem to be focused on the arguing the functionality of the bikes (ie. that they float in sand/snow) whereas the author seemed to be commenting more towards the usefulness (ie. why would you want to float in sand/snow?). But, to each their own. Personally, if I'm in the desert, I'll get a camel, and if I'm on the beach, I'll get a swimsuit. But if someone would rather enjoy those locales on a bike with big fat tires, hey, why not?