Right first ride was an icebreaker in Evanton Wood. Lots of short sharp climbs and wee steep descents, but some longer easier angled stuff too. Generally woodsy HT territory, but in frozen dry conditions a perfect first ride from my doorstep.
Was a bit worried about how it would climb … shouldn’t have been. I struggled a teeny bit with the heft after riding the Fireline solidly thro the winter, but that’s me and my fitness. It’s not a heavy bike considering what it is.
Pointed down it’s a big barrel of fun. Very stable and hard to get knocked off line, but easy to turn when you want it to turn. Noticed some buzzing which turned out to be the uncut reverb cable but other than that and a slight saddle tilt I never had to touch it.
I’ll get heel rub on the non-driveside chainstay so I’d better tape that up and I can maybe do with trimming some cables to avoid rub elsewhere. I’ll trim the Reverb cable and play around with the position of the remote.
Gonna get out later with a wider bar as I think that will suit it better … in the meantime here’s a pic from the top of Porter’s Plunge.