Morewood Shova LT as an everyday ride

Looking for some opinions. I'm an Arizona rider, meaning lots and lots of rocks, waterfalls, chutes, overall technical riding. And that's on our "pedal" rides.

I recently built my first DH bike, a Morewood Izimu. I instantly fell in love with the bike's performance and handling. I know it goes against the recent grain, but I really, really enjoy a higher bb, the compact frame and slack geo. Heck, I don't even mind the simplicity of the single pivot.

The Izimu is built as a shuttle bike, but on pedal sections it does quite well for a single ring and ~40-pound weight.

What I'd like is to "re-create" that feel (compact, slack, high BB) in a bike that's more reasonable to pedal (front der., lighter, etc.). I can get a decent deal on an older leftover Shova LT and was curious for experiences using this bike as more of an "everyday" ride, considering that my normal ride does involve a fair amount of tech (in other words, I wouldn't be using it for day-long mild XC stuff).

I currently ride a Titus El Guapo, which is great overall. I don't NEED a new bike, but I enjoy the Izimu so much I'm wondering what a Shova LT would be like as a do-it-all ride. Thanks in advance for any insight.

Should mention I would probably run air front/rear on this to keep the weight as reasonable as possible. And I've run several single pivots previously (Prophet, 575) and had no real issues with them other than some pedal feedback in the small ring.

Thanks for the responses. I'm 6'2" and can't get enough post extension to ride the Izimu, not to mention no little ring, etc. I prefer to leave it as a shuttle-only bike.

To be clear, I'm looking to replace my El Guapo and will swap over most of the parts. If I can get the bike at or below about 35 pounds, I'm OK with that.

The Shova ST just seems WAY to steep for what I need. I'm pretty used to sub 67-degree head angles even on my pedal bikes. Are you guys suggesting the Morewood is a worse pedaler in the small ring than any other SP bike? I'd really like to hear some ride thoughts from those who've used the Shova LT as an all-rounder. All the climbing will be of the technical variety. Most of our trails don't even have dirt.

Again, I don't NEED to replace my EG. The Morewood geo kinda sucked me in, though, particularly the tighter front triangle and higher bottom bracket.

It would definitely be a two-ring bike. I try not to get too hung up on the numbers, but I know what I'm used to. The head angle on the ST really seems steep. Plus, I planned on re-using my 170mm single-air Lyric, which might be too much fork for the ST, plus it has a tapered steerer.

One more quick question: It's safe to run a slightly shorter shock? I have an 8.5x2.5 RP23 to bolt on (stock is 8.75x2.75). This will also slightly shorten the travel, correct?

This would work out well with my 170mm Lyric air.

I'm really on the fence, as I can get a leftover new '08 Shova LT for about half the price of a leftover '10 Mbuzi.

I can basically reuse my entire El Guapo with only the cost of the frame.

Well, hell, I went ahead and bought it. No experience like first-hand experience, I guess. I'll report back ...

Built out to 32-ish pounds with the short-shock. Pedals pretty decently far as I can tell and absolutely slays on the downs.