Tempted to buy a Specialized Epic Evo - first time MTB for a roadie - good idea?

Sorry, my bad.

I bought the same comp carbon evo about a month ago on mega sale and have no regrets about it. I had cracked my previous bike (rocky mountain element) and desperately needed to find a replacement quickly as I have a race coming up (saturday!) and was sick of riding road bikes.
I swapped my choice parts over (biggest improvement was carbon wheels and a fox 34 fork) and felt great.

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I have the reguarly Epic (100mm travel) and absolutely love that bike (after the BRAIN lobotomy). I am more of a roadie but have really enjoyed mountain biking. The Epic EVO is an awesome bike and one I recommend all the time. It is very capable as a cross country race bike and has eough travel with slack enough geometry to have a lot of fun with on more technical trails. You will not be disappointed.

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I got into MTB while living in Chicago. 30-45 min drive each way to the trails. 1x ride per week. My weekly ride was one of the things I looked forward to every week, and the drive was totally worth it.