yep sittin is cool, most hard tails do beat me up hills thats for sure! but in the tecnical and downhill, folks be gettin smoked! I salute the folks that are riding hardtails to hone skills and waiting till they are worthy of the big bikes! lmao i could get into a tec. rant but im not going to F S IS SO SOFT AND BOUNCY MY BACK IS NEVER SORE! I think people are in fs denial though to be honest, imagine your fav trail on an ibis bowtie!