I would advise against the Motobecane, and any full suspension bike from Bikesdirect to be honest. While it may look like the Santa Cruz, with a single pivot design pivot placement and shock leverage are key. Santa Cruz has about 20 years of refining that type of frame. Bikesdirect doesn't put the same R&D effort. They buy catalog frames from whichever Taiwan company and slap a build kit on them. The Diamondback isn't a heck of a lot better on that department.