Not ridden an ST4, but to get back to trances, I do like mine. And in contrast to the above I feel I can properly cane it, even on DH courses. Took it on an uplift day at inners as it was paid for already but my socom was waiting on a new front end, kept up with everyone fine*. Only issues were occasionally getting a bit out of depth on big holes out of steep corners where more than 100mm up front would've helped.

*however it's fair to say you get a high "mince quotient" on the average inners uplift, and I do know the trails well, plus it's not that rough there, but still. It's a bike you can rag.