Hi, I am relatively new to the sport and last year bought my a Specialised Epic Comp to compete in a multi-day event. The bike was great, but more and more I am finding that for doing downhill trail riding (not hectic jumps or anything though) that I seem slightly less well configured for this type of riding than my buddies who are on Tall Boys and Stump Jumpers (?) and that sort of thing. Going forward this kind of riding rather than long day multi events is more the kind of riding I expect to do. So one or two related questions: - Would I expect to see noticeable benefit if I changed to one of these kinds of bikes? - what might be a good option to change to (I saw something a bike called a Specialised Camber which looked pretty awesome) if I changed bikes which would not result in me having to put in too much new cash? - by just buying new components such as new shocks etc, could I get my bike 90% there? Cheers Phil
