Bought a medium sized Cotic BFe back in January, and have been loving it until yesterday I rode a friends 'small' size. Almost identical setup with fork length etc.
I still love the medium frame, but somehow the small felt like it had so much more pop, like a big bmx.
Debating now whether to grab a small frame, and sell my medium 🙁
i say always go for the smallest frame you can ride, for some reason most people i see seem to be on a bike thats to big for them, could never work out why people buy such big bikes....
Originally I think I'd planned to use the BFe for trail centers and a bit of XC too - but after yesterday discovered it just loves to be hammered through the berms.
Thinking I could eventually build up a cheap(ish) Soul from second hand parts for these other duties not really best suited to the BFe.