For god sake you absolute dickhead, if you dont like the thread, dont post in it, just stop whinging. Tom will close this if you keep being such a prat.
Not yet, but it will be. Its those ultra reliable Santa Cruz bearings for you, in fact pretty much every bearing on the bike has gone, headset, hub and pivots. Excellent.
Bikes good, bearings are s**t. Its got to last me another year before i consider a new DH purchase. I like it too, suits me down to the ground......when it works.
Anyway, if you actually rode your bikes remotely hard, you too may experience some problems mate, instead of just buffing them all up to look all shiny.