As a total newb, should I jump on this?

[My Pet Powder Goat]

It'd be 2-5 miles at most and it would be nice if it could do rad stuff.

Like jump off a curb?

[guroo270]

Like jump off a curb?

Like do that Mt. Zion trail an hour and a half away comfortably. I used to do some pretty rad stuff at Calabasis in the Bay Area on a bmx bike. There was a super sketchy table top called endo that without full commitment forward lean you'd eat shit. Then there's "nut", the 12' volcano gap with a 25' descent drop in. If you didn't start it with enough speed you'd smash your nuts hence the name. Then there's the Vans skate and bike park in Berryessa I think it was?

So if I get into it, I'd like it to be capable.

[highangle]

From Gulfport, which is situated on a real-live Africa-style savannah, your closest hill that's not an overpass or bridge will be somewhere around Columbia, Ms.
Speaking of Africa, from about May-Oct, par for a clear day anywhere in Mississippi is >95F with over 80% humidity. You'll find that lasts well into the night, when the temp drops a little and the humidity rises to 100%. Sea breezes may extend a half-mile from the beach in Gulfport, but not much further.

The weather is why so few people in the South exercise regularly. The heat shapes the culture.

[babybear]

You paint a lovely picture

[highangle]

[raisingarizona13]

Like jump off a curb?

This isn't 1996 any more MPPG, we are talking loading docks these days.

[gramboh]

Haha last few posts have been great. To OP that is a great deal, the one thing is the wheelset on the XP is kinda of poo (fair given the price). Not a huge deal but something to upgrade a year or two in. I have multiple friends on the "old" style 2014/2015 Troys that love em.

That said, doesn't sound like there is any mountain biking near where you live. Commuting on a $2k 140mm mtn bike seems...dumb.

[raisingarizona13]

I would just go with a Warhawk.

Check out the review here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BuBCC4fSvc

[Eluder]

for a commuter bike?

You know its critical, quit pretending its not.

Just think about the last time you had to dodge that pothole and how much easier it would have been with that pesky seat in not in your way.