I’ve got one. It’s as it was when bought so no angleset or offset bearings. The only change I’ve made is a shorter stem.
It takes abuse with ease. I am not the most hardcore of riders but I don’t mind drops, jumps, rocks etc. Its been to the Alps a couple of times, the lakes and peaks and Surrey a lot. It did me proud in the tweedlove enduro last year.
Since having I have definitely become faster. Especially on the downs. It just handles stuff with ease yet is still playful. And climbing…yeah, it can climb.
As it is my first fs bike I can’t say if the back end is stiff however I have no complaints. The carbon one is meant to be stiffer though.
I rode my old small wheeled hardtail today. That was odd 🙂