Regarding comments about my old Big Hit. The picture was taken by a friend when I had it setup for XC, it was three days after I got the frame so I took all the parts off of my XC bike and put them on the Big Hit. Within a week the seat was down, the rear wheel was 24", the tires were 2.5 back, 2.7 front, the seat was a Berserker, and the fork was a black 2003 Super T which matched the bike perfectly. It was a sweet riding and looking bike, even at Whistler where there are a ton of nice bikes I was getting constant compliments on it.

Regarding the Enduro, I had two forks, a Junior T and a Fox Vanilla. I had the same headset race put on both forks so I could swap them in about 10 minutes, when I was doing more DH or Freeride I would put the Junior T on it, otherwise the Vanilla. This was before I bought my Big Hit so I was just extending the range of my Enduro, it works fine that way, I keep up with people on bigger bikes down the mountain all the time and it just surprises the hell out of them. Only problem is that the short rear travel does get a bit hard on the feet after a while.

The seatpost isn't a thudbuster, it has no suspension in it. It is adjustable by a lever on the handlebar, press the lever and the seatpost lays down and out of the way, it's great on rough trails with a lot of pedalling because you can have the seat high enough to pedal up hills then when you have to get over a 2' high log or go down a short steep section you can drop the seat back and down without having to get off your bike.

Too bad they don't make them anymore, but two other manufacturers are currently working on something similar, freeriders keep begging for them, something to put their seat up for pedaling then at the press of a button drop it down for jumps, drops, and obstacles.