Well I gotta pipe in here....like EricBirk I too was looking for a new bike this past spring and had pretty much been convinced by all my buddies that the Santa Cruz Blur LT was the way to go. Late one Saturday afternoon I dropped by one of the local shops to take a look at a Jamis as a comparison, well the shop owner really pushed me towards the Marin over the Jamis, he had one medium Wolf Ridge left and a medium and large Mount Vision, I road them all and found the Large Mount Vision to be a great fit and road better than anything I'd ridden to date. Long story short, I've been beating the hell out of it all summer in Fernie, BC and have even done some Chair Lifting at the hill, I have a hard time believing I could find a bike I like better and it has been bullet proof contrary to what some of the others have said. It is the best climber I've ever ridden and other than the steeper steering on the Mount Vision it's great as a middling DH'er too. The Quad Link is neat and no gimmick, it digs in great and feels like it has far more travel than it does...I'd buy another one.