Im coming from a CC so it instantly felt more planted and stable coming down some interesting bits. Down to the more relaxed angles im sure, also haven’t had a bike with this amount of travel before.
It didn’t feel tank like to me was able to pop off lips and put it just where I wanted. But I have found the CC like that, for me out of all the bikes I have had the Nics seem to go just where you want them.
To sum up it felt bombproof, nice and precise and lively.
Maybe the trails came alive 😉 But picked up speed very quickly. Give it another ride tmrw over some local rocky rooty bits.