Consider it standard "marketing-speak". But there may be more truth in there than you guys may see because with that geometry it won't take much to take it nicely beyond standard short travel XC capability. This thinking based on that it looks very similar if not exactly like the 27.5 Scott Genius 700 (150/120 fork and 100/150mm shock). For sure it looks nicely balanced and nicely light too.Think this should happily take a 150mm fork and perhaps even might accommodate a slightly longer travel on the rear end but that's debatable given the setup