It's pretty fun! It climbs as well as the BlurLTc I had when I have the Vivid rear shock compression turned up. The Pike is pretty nice, pretty similar imho to the Fox Float CTD when I leave it on the middle setting aka trail mode. Anxious to ride some trail where I can switch it to full Open and bomb. I did ride it down trail 6 at TTC three times before getting the Pike. Not as plush as the V10 of course, but it did well.