Transition Blindside

pingu lord of all penguin
edited October 2012 in MTB buying advice
Hey guys I'm looking at replacing my venerable Kona Coiler Deelux with a transition Blindside.
My lbs has a rather nice one with Avid elixir , xt 2x10 drivetrain and fox 36 fors for about 2.5k.
I do a fair but of trail centre (Skyline afan etc) and light downhill riding (Gawton Eygpt and HSD).
Looking for opinions of people who have ridden one other than the usual bike mag/web reviews.
Cheers
one by one my penguins will steal your sanity