Perfect for a first carbon bike. This is my first ever stumpy and Im lovin it!

Originally was shopping for a Stumpjumper ST bike. Owned a Santa Cruz Hightower and just wanted something with less travel. I have to give credit to my LBS, Sugar Cycles, for making the suggestion to try the Stumpjumper. Glad I did, had no intention to get rid of my Hightower, but after a couple of months I found no need to hold onto that bike. Everything that I was looking for in one bike, the standard Stumpjumper is it. Great suspension with ability to climb. Rides cross country as well as technical trails. Sizing was spot on for my size, 5'6"" medium. Out of the box the Carbon comp is ready to go. However, I have been riding for years and because of that, there where upgrades that I really wanted. Upgraded the wheels to carbon, carbon bar and had some 11 speed XX1 parts that made it onto this bike. Dropped the weight down to 27.9 lbs. with XT pedals. What I have now is a ride with ample suspension for rough rooty trails, but then is light enough to ride on the sidewalk when trails are wet. The best word that I can use to describe this is ""comfortable"". Done a couple of 20+ miles that didn't leave me struggling. True test of a good bike - take that thing for a long ride, when you're all sweaty, tired and you're bike still feels plush; not a brick, homerun man! This has turned out to be a really fantastic bike that I'm really enjoying. Thanks to Sugar Cycles for working with me on making this my bike.

This is the 2nd Carbon stumpy in the family. The ever growing 13 yr old rider at 6 foot tall can now confidently attack the most technical sections of Westleigh at speed and recover easily with confidence through the biggest trail challenges.

Wow, where do I begin. This bike is awesome, and makes you ride lines you never even thought about on other bikes. I currently own 3 Camber's and have owned a Epic and older Stumpy in the past. This one rips, it climbs amazingly, it's heavier than a XC bike of course at 30 lbs but just claws and sticks to rooty rocky sections like it has glue on the tires. And jumping log overs and small drops are so easy, you can totally blow it and the ft and rear suspension will let you off easy. Dirt jumping, downhill, XC loops, I can't find one single thing about the bike I don't like. It shifts flawlessly, brakes are super strong, turns like its on rails, will climb almost as good as an XC FS bike, floats over rough stuff and when you point it downhill it just makes you smile. I am 5'9"" 170 lbs. riding a medium 29er and have my forks set on 70 psi, damper open, my shock is at 180psi and the flip chip is in the high position with the damper set on the pedal position. Both rebounds are set 6 clicks out from full hard. This is considerably softer than the set up calculator on the web says but I've found the suspension on this bike in particular does way better if you let it move in the stroke a little. I actually rode this bike in a Cat 2 XC race just for fun and finished 2nd. Normally finish similar on my XC bike and had way more fun on the Stumpjumper. If you can only buy one bike this is the one for all around fun.

This truly is an outstandingly good bit of kit, on hills I forget I'm riding a full susser the speed you can attack rock gardens with is mind blowing, the set up of the bike is fantastic, you feel one with the bike, I have knocked 10% off my strava times on descents and have beaten a few of my climbs, this is the first 29er I have owned and took a few rides to get used to the wheel size, I only have one crittercism to achieve perfection, I have changed the SLX shifter to an XT one which enables a double downshift, I am very happy with my Stumpy