Probably not what you want to hear, but I test rode one in the Peak for about five hours and wasn’t blown away, I thought it was good, particularly downhill and steered and handled nicely, but not £1400-worth of my money good if that makes sense. It didn’t have that really shiny-eyed brilliance I was looking for and it felt trundly on climbs.
That said, I didn’t really like the fork set-up or the tyres and maybe if I were a more talented rider, I’d have appreciated it more.
It’s a bit of a ‘Jesus bike’ at the moment, everyone seems to love it, but I didn’t. To be fair, my main bike is a Ragley Ti and it’s ridiculously good, so I’m a bit spoilt – maybe I was expecting too much.
Anyway, I guess I’m saying that it’s worth test riding one. I’d have bought one on the basis of other people’s reviews, but it didn’t really do it for me. Loads of people love them though.