this thing shreds trails like a demon bro, climbs and descends beautifully. and feels real comfty in the air too. 135mm rear and 140mm front, nice balance. but yeah there is alot of bikes in that range aye, its hard to know what to go for these days aye.
made it 2x10 instead of 3x10 and chucked the chain guide/bash guard on it plus easton havoc dh bars 750 wide, transition stem, dmr v8s. apart from that its stock. its good to have a bike i can just ride, and do what ever i want on the way.
even the base model of this bike is all good if you are just looking to add to your fleet aye. and all the 011 stuff should be going cheap soon. good luck bro