Thinking about my new bike...

I've test ridden almost all the 'All Mountain' bikes on the market and the Maverick leaves the rest standing in the way it climbs and the way it descends. I ride it in Endurance races, used it on all dayers and even done the Heli drop in Whistler on it.

Theres NO other bike out there that compares to a Maverick in my opinion.

PS. I also ride SS when not on the mav :-)

Kickin It Since '72

Thanks, that is exactly what I wanted and expected to hear. Are you riding a Durance, ML8 or..?

I got a Durance, and it absolutely rips it going downhill. The ML8 has slacker angles, so it descends even better, but both are far stiffer front and rear, and have better sus movement that the moment or the others. either one will beat out the bikes you listed, both UP and DOWN. Get the ML8 if you want to rip the downhills a bit faster at the expense of 1.5 pounds of extra weight. It's better for shuttling the parks too. for an endurance/all mountain bike I went durance, as I have a downhill bike already.

I too am interested in a Maverick, either the Matic or ML8. Both seem to have similar geometry but the ML8 seems a bit 'stronger' built.

Any comments on the XC / fast single track abilities of each; compared to each other and the the IBIS Mojo??

Cheers

I did have an ML7.5 but just last week changed it for The Durance.

Kickin It Since '72