No smoke without fire!
Other half had the foxy xr 2014. Bolts had a nasty habitat of coming loose quickly at the most frustrating of times (middle of a race anyone?) and bearings needed changing after 6 months. Chainstay snapped as well but that could just be bad luck… silverfish relatively quick to sort out though.
Sounds like the friend of one of the guys I ride with.
Although he wished his bearings lasted 6 months. 6 weeks more like.
Bent bolts, sheared one & cracked chainstay. A month for a new back end. Bike sold.
He bought a Spec next, but I may be biased in that regard. For something less than 6 months old, his Mondraker was a heap of sh*t.