If you don't have the funn fatboy's...your too slow for WC's.

I think it's ugly, which is weird for me because I've always thought intense bikes looked great. Just...ugly. And since when do high-end "SL" bikes come spec'd with XT kits? It must be so expensive that they can't even show it with XTR!!

You need a prototype...who cares if the welds look like crap. You could also draw it out really well, model it in 3D, and then use some animation to show how it works. Still, if you want to ride it, then get your hands dirty and build one!

Give me a wilson with 160-180mm of travel...who wants a big cross country bike (Dixon) when you could have a short travel dh bike that's fun to ride uphill? In this case I would prefer the slash, cause of the DRCV shock. High leverage ratio's have never been good for shocks...that's why Foes keeps with the 2:1!