Originally Posted by
SesameCrunch
I think it's the NS. They haven't made a Front Suspension in black yet. NS is a lighter frame without the bracing, as you said.
I have the 2007 (released in June 2006) Front Suspension in black. Also, if you look at the photos of the broken DT, the frame looks more like the Front Suspension than the NS, specifically, the seat tube would extend a lot more beyond the top tube on the NS than the one in the photo.