Didn't break any speed records, between lack of recent riding and learning the new bike. It grips awesome in corners but I'm not consistent with it yet - I have to learn to use the grip. It didn't help that on one of my first 50 corners I leaned hard into a berm which proceeded to completely blow away on me (unpacked sand), it was dark and I didn't realize it was not solid. First crash for the yampa is out of the way, good news is my body shielded the bike from any damage.
Kind of a bummer this morning is riding this early now needs lights (started this ride at 5:45am). It was just too dark in the woods to not have them, even by when I was done it was still pretty dark in the dense spots and the lights helped. I'm glad I have a nice light. I'll write more about it sometime but it's a Light & Motion and it's rad.
The bike is good - definitely way faster and easier to manage than the heavier fattie I tried a couple weeks ago. It's stiff but that is completely negated by the give in the tires, kind of an interesting feel. I kept having the front wheel further out on corners than I wanted to, need to adjust the riding style - turn-in seems to be where I'm going to have to learn. Also, I got a lot of pedal strikes, ranging from just barely to hitting hard enough to unclip my shoe. In the snow this won't be a problem, now on singletrack it's a minor issue I'll have to get used to. I can say, I didn't miss it having suspension except for a couple spots, the tires suck up plenty of small stuff and keep traction really well. I still need to play with pressures but I ran 8.5psi for this ride.
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