OK – first ride on it at Wind Hill this morning.
It’s much lighter than the SG Magic Mary – 970g versus 1200g on my scales. It sits a bit square on my 35mm wide front wheel, but grip levels in the corners seem pretty high, although there aren’t many flat corners at Wind Hill, so I’m only going on its performance on various heights of bermed corners.
Grip levels on the roots and technical bits are very high, but it does need to be manhandled a bit. It almost seems like it gets better the faster you go.
On the jumps and drops it felt a bit weird; I guess I’m just used to quite a heavy front tyre stabilising the bike in the air. On the bigger drops and step downs it felt quite lively and I had to be more careful than usual with my body position in the air.
Not sure how it will feel in the wet, but I’m hoping it’s going to be as good as in the dry.
JP