Bought this for my son right before sending him to Camp Woodward Tahoe. He has learned that getting 5 A's and B in school pays dividends! This bike will be for dirt jump and dual slalom racing.
To be honest with you I really don't know. The reason I went with Fox is I am familiar with Fox and they are fairly local and are at a lot of events and demo days that I go to. I just felt that I would have access to support and set up assistance with the fox suspension. That was worth the money to me.