Stonyford was AMAZING! Perfect weather and it had just gotten some rain/snow.
Stony is rocky/rutted all over and has lots of big, jagged rocks in places too so I went to 18 comp on the front after the first ride and while still feeling stiff, was gentler on the small stuff.
I contemplated going to 20 or even less after the first day and playing with the HSCD on the rear, but I hadn't hit the really big stuff yet and wanted to see how it did there. Again, the faster I rode through the bigger stuff the better it did, only seeming to "Bounce" off the biggest rocks and ledges at lower speeds.
The next day I rode a little MX track and the same settings felt great and still not bottoming off a flat landing single so I think I'm on the right track here.
The bike and I still have some "communications problems" corning while standing, but I think that is mostly my inability to tell it properly what to do! If I find some cheap 1" risers I will likely give them a try.
Stony has some massive, loose downhills too and the front felt sooo much better! That was nice.
Stony is rocky/rutted all over and has lots of big, jagged rocks in places too so I went to 18 comp on the front after the first ride and while still feeling stiff, was gentler on the small stuff.
I contemplated going to 20 or even less after the first day and playing with the HSCD on the rear, but I hadn't hit the really big stuff yet and wanted to see how it did there. Again, the faster I rode through the bigger stuff the better it did, only seeming to "Bounce" off the biggest rocks and ledges at lower speeds.
The next day I rode a little MX track and the same settings felt great and still not bottoming off a flat landing single so I think I'm on the right track here.
The bike and I still have some "communications problems" corning while standing, but I think that is mostly my inability to tell it properly what to do! If I find some cheap 1" risers I will likely give them a try.
Stony has some massive, loose downhills too and the front felt sooo much better! That was nice.
