I sold my Epic and bought a Stage a few months ago, what an awesome change for me. Make no mistake, I loved my Epic but I am 91kg's and now feel that it was not the right choice for me. I climb faster with the Stage and downhill well the only problem on the stage is trying to keep my mouth closed to stop any bugs going in because I have such a moerse smile on my face. It only has a SID XX 120mm fork but the amount of travel compared to my old 100mm is hard to believe and the Monarch XX on the rear is the same, fikkin awesome bike
