Actually, mtnbiker66, your opinion has helped me out too when I first fixed up the bike I'm using now to get into MTBing. As have others on this forum also helped.
And I do want to see this little circus bike... How tall are you and what size frame do you ride?
I'm pretty sure I'm riding a circus bike right now too being 5' 6"-7" with a 31" inseam and riding a 14 1/2" frame, but it's just because that's what was free to me at the time. I plan to move into something a little larger when I buy a new bike.