TooSteep

You suggested this isn't the bike for someone who needs something a little more lively and playful for a bit less aggressive trails. What is the $4,000 equivalent in that category?

@Three6ty: #1. Creating archetypes in your mind base on past experiences is human beings grow, learn and adapt. Your biases are, to some extent, what allow you to survive. #2. Group behavior is predictable. We can estimate remarkably accurately how many Canadians will have a heart attack in 2020. Or how many will steal a bicycle. #3. Making individual assumptions based on #1 and #2 can be incredibly hurtful to the individual. And will be dead wrong so frequently that we should teach ourselves to avoid doing it. It will take practice. No human is immune to this. Not one. We cannot make #1 and #2 go away no matter how much utopian wishful thinking we employ. Conscious awareness of #3 should help make us better people, citizens and neighbors. Finally, with the entry price for a durable mountain bike now at $4,000+, it appears the ship has sailed on it ever being an inclusive sport. It's a WAG on my part, but I suspect it's only the top 15% who can afford that kind of money for a hobby. And a much smaller percentage globally.

Sit back and enjoy the scenery. I thought it was a brilliant setup. The crossover appeal of this video is immense.

26 lb build: http://www.wrenchscience.com/WSLogic/Mountain.aspx?&buildid=13360510