26 inch = zula 29 inch = GF superfly The zula I didnt like at all, the GF was a bit better...but still it was the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back ito not wanting a DS. Its just not for me...performance wise. But lets move on to the real issue here...maintenance and admin. So on the zula I had the shock serviced twice at about 400 bucks a pop...the GF also twice. So it works out to about once a year at about 400-500 bucks for the canister service. Pivots on both also got serviced only once though(cant remember the price for either frame but it wasn't 500 bucks I can tell you that). Rocker broke on the GF and battled to get the part, and over and above cost me an arm and leg to replace(R1500). Then also at 3 towers two years ago, the dust seal pulled out of the piston and exposed dust / mud / elements to it. I then had to overall the shock(not just the simple air canister service) when I returned costing again a moer of a lot. Also I didnt enjoy my stage race that much due to the thing failing and trying all kinds of emergency fixes in the race village with what I had available to me. So maybe I just had bad luck with my DS bikes, but I just had enough....performance wise, my best results in the same races were on hardtails...they are lighter, gave me bigger smiles with NONE of the blerrie admin and overhead of DS bikes. KISS...my motto with bikes.
