Merry Christmas!!!! lol... just got the new cannondale chase 2... man that thing is sweet... i wasnt expecting too much from the manitou stance... boy was i surprised... i was surprised i hadnt heard much about it either... yea this bike is just sooo fluid... havent ridden it much, but from what i can tell it just shoots along and feels like it can take a hell of a beating. Gotta replace the front deraileur tho... mabey the back one eventually.