Thought I'd give this thread a bump seeing as how most people would've had their bikes for 6+ months now.
I have a love/ hate relationship with mine.
The bike has got some real things going for it. It is a reasonably light frame & mine fits me like a glove. The short rear chainstays make it easy to get around tight, twisty, singletrack which is predominant on the trails here in SA. The short head tube & negative rise stem also get my weight over the front of the bike & is really comfortable. As others have noted the bike descends really well & feels a lot more capable than something with 100mm of travel.
On the down side. I'm on my second frame since buying the bike in May 2013. My original frame developed hairline cracks in the seat stays & another, bigger, one on the non-drive side pivot, next to the BB. The guys at the shop where I bought it were split as to wether they were paint cracks or more substantial, but the whole frame was warrantied with a minimum of fuss but it was an inconvenience. I hadn't ridden the bike beyond its intended purpose either.
Also, the BB on my bike has creaked like a mother fucker from the get go. I've had it looked at in the shop as i don't have the tools to be able to extract it & it's been fine but then it has developed again after about 10+ hours of riding. I'm not sold on Press fit BB & my next bike will have a traditional out board bearing set-up (Santa Cruz). Easy to pull out & service yourself.
Also, the rear shock (Fox CTD) is currently in Sydney being fixed as the Climb feature on it went from being stiff, but still compliant, to totally locked out. The rebound across all three settings seemed to go as well. Been without it now for 2 weeks. A mate gave me a spare rear shock to put in it to get it going but it has specific mounting hardware as it is in the shock cradle & the replacement wont fit.
Finally....the bike seems to let a shed load of water into the frame when it is washed. I thought it was the internal cable routing holes letting it in but I think the seat tube under the shock cradle is open & lets in water. It's not such an issue now as i plug it when I wash it but it is a pain coz if i didn't it would foul the bearings pretty quickly.
Sorry, my review has turned into a bit of a rant as I'm annoyed the bike has spent more than a month since I've had it in the shop getting fixed in one form or another. I'm at the point where, when i get it back, I'm just going to be waiting for the next thing to go wrong with it which is never good. I think a Santa Cruz Tallboy is in my near future.
Would be really interested to hear from other riders to see if they've had any similar issues.