@Barney

The issues were –

Dropouts cracked in the 2019 green ones due to not enough material. This was fixed in the blue and poo orange ones that followed.

When they switch manufacturers for the blue or orange ones they screwed up the seat tube bend. I could drop a 150mm fox transfer all the way into my XL green frame no problem. When I got the orange coloured frame as a warranty replacement I lost a load of insertion depth. This was because the bend in the seat tube started much sooner than on the green frame. This meant I had to change to a 125mm dropper because I couldn’t fit my 150mm in an xl frame and still fit on it, and I’m 6’2”!. They have shortened the seat tube so hopefully this issue is fixed.

Head tube length on the xl green frame was 110mm
Headtube on the orange and blue xl frames was 120mm
Headtube on the 2022 yellow xl frame is 130mm

I like a tall stack so this is good, but I would still prefer a 140-150mm head tube to get the bars higher on an XL. My Banshee Paradox v3 has a great stack with a 140mm headtube. I am running 40mm rise bars and all the full 30mm of stem spacers as well.

Head angle has been slackened which is nice.

It’s a shame they haven’t kept the short 415mm chainstay though, that was ace.