I dont know how my rockhopper rides yet and it really wont be the one that you would buy at the store anyway, but it seems that the more technologically advanced a product becomes the more that can go wrong. It may work well when it works..but when it fails it's failure is catastrophic. When my old bike fails its something small usually. Same thing with cars, When my 88 wrangler fails its something small. When my 99 Jetta fails call the tow truck tow it to the dealer and empty your pockets onto the table.