i head espected they use less pivot points,who gotta own these bike haves alot off maintenence going on.I don't like the downtube off this bike it's to much bend,still a nice bike.
How many pivots are on a VPP Bike? This bike is probably not any worse. Its actually growing on me, I didn't like it at first either. I would definately wait for a later model, I suspect you'll see the weight on this thing come down next year as it looks pretty over built.
42 pounds isnt kind of heavy really. light DH bikes are getting so common that people are beggining to forget that a bit of weight can actually help on a DH run.