I love everything about it but just had a issue with the derailleur but nothing else very smooth and very sexy colour!

Moved on from a hardtail Specialized to this bike a short time ago and I am, once again, able to keep up with my kids on the NW downhill tracks.

I've had the alloy frame now almost a year and have ridden some 2500 mi with it. The stock spec is fairly good, and I definitely prefer this to the Carbon Comp, since rock strikes can be a thing with low BBs. The Fox Rythms are typically excellent, but I feel for the price it could've been a Factory fork. Typical Specialized tax at work. I find the fork plush and very smooth, however the high speed dampening circuit is a little harsh and spiky, and the result is it keeps the fork higher in the travel. The rear DPS is good for most trails, unless you're riding a lot of gravity trails where the damper oil tends to warm up and influence the tune. Keep in mind this is a 210x51mm shock, but an over-stroked size up to 55mm can be fitted if paired with a longer fork too. For my riding weight of 220lb with kit, the shock tune was terrible; Far too soft up top and too progressive at the lower half of the stroke. I found two Negative air chamber volume reducers (no, they are not stroke reducers) and a large positive volume spacer (yellow 0.6 inch^3). I removed all volume spacers and added a 0.4 inch^3 spacer. *Dont run this shock without a positive volume spacer! If you are a moderately strong or a heavy rider, or simply ride rough trails, do yourself the favour and ditch the stock wheels. Specialized really cheeped out with these. The Roval Hubs Specialized use on this bike are total trash imho. On the rear wheel, I went through 3 sets of bearings within 700miles of use. Nearly every 60-80 miles the rear hub would develop play needing cone spanners to tighten. These are not DT hubs, but cheap 3 pawl system that are always a little out of phase, on every Stumpjumper I've tried. Ride hard, and occasionally one can hear a loud pang from the rear hub. I think the axle is just too weak and flexes too easily. The alloy rims are also very soft. The outer walls get dinged up super easy. I got several dents in my wheels from simple stone strikes that the tyre flipped over