Not the Marin, quick, light, easy to hop around with andno problem on the drops. The Bike rocks, if you want the travel with the option of upgrading the components to make this puppy an all out DH bike, this is it. Having all that suspension is great,I don't notice much flex in the rearend, it's all good. But only buy this bike if you want to ride fast. Only buy this bike of your gonna free-ride or dh this bike in no way is for xc if you wnat xc full suspension check out an attack trail or some othre Marin bike.
Big drops are now easy.
Fun bike,and with the money you save you can upgrade the bad parts. Great bike for weekend warriors and beginner downhillers. Hardcore huckers and serious downhillers should look for something a bit beefier.