gbb, it is quite a high specced bike, carbon throughout, sram top end and juicy carbon brakes, tis lovely i chersish it much!!! but it was bought last year and is a 06 model so great saving, 45% if remember correctly, i smashed the credit card to get it.
my old bike was even smaller frame and v v uncomfortable as was set up as a true xc bike, nose down and it too looked odd and always brought comment from people walking by like ur friends.
this has a more relaxed geometry and i sit more upright its a 17.5 inch frame, i tried the 19.5 and was too high not much stand over as it looks, due to quite a steep angle on the topbar.
over the next year i want to reduce the weight somewhat, although i have toyed with the idea of selling, currently i believe i would get more than i paid for it and get a newer, but last years models as people seem to change bikes like cars these days.