Maiden ride with solid fork update:……..

Having riden bikes with forks since they had elastomers in them, this was quite a change but found the experience really very good. Nice direct positioning of the bike despite having big wheels (first 29er too) and the shocking to the wrists wasn’t too bad , you just need to pick your lines and lift the front wheel to skip over anything that looks solid and rooty. Only close one was going too quick into a narrowish gully and being bounced around where suspension would have soaked up the pounding and kept more control.

It’s still horses for courses and wouldn’t really want to ride this bike around Afan W2 or too much steep fast stuff , will leave that to the FS but for XC mileage eating it was fantastic.