last week I un-boxed the RFX I bought from Cutthroat and put it together, made some adjustments then put it in the garage until I could give it the proper christening of a vessel of its caliber. Today I broke a bottle of brut on the Turner head badge then headed out an my journey. I'd packed 100 ounces of water, food, and all the necessary tools.
The planned route was to park at 4,000 feet on Mount Lemmon then climb 13 miles up the Mt Lemmon Highway to a trailhead at 7,000, ascend another 200 feet on dirt then start the 14 miles of singletrack descent I'd earned. Sounds nice doesn't it?
Out of the gate the bike pedaled wonderfully and it didn't bob at ALL when I was standing in the pedals. Once on the dirt it climbed well, but I will have to get used to the slack head angle after coming off my single speed. I felt the bike was pretty easy to maneuver and it did real well on technical step-ups and even steep sections. Where it faltered is of course where you'd expect it to- at low speeds in technical situations where I needed to pick my way through delicate lines- I guess that means pedal hard and cross your fingers.
Descending and pedaling in the downhills this bike is unreal. Pedal feedback is almost non existent and brake jack is hardly noticeable either. This bike rocks. I had put at Larsen TT 2.35 on the rear and it was fantastic for the hardpack here. Grippy when climbing and good breaking, but easy enough to push around corners and predictable. Anyway, I think I'm in love - especially after going through the pics and thinking about how much fun I had.
The planned route was to park at 4,000 feet on Mount Lemmon then climb 13 miles up the Mt Lemmon Highway to a trailhead at 7,000, ascend another 200 feet on dirt then start the 14 miles of singletrack descent I'd earned. Sounds nice doesn't it?
Out of the gate the bike pedaled wonderfully and it didn't bob at ALL when I was standing in the pedals. Once on the dirt it climbed well, but I will have to get used to the slack head angle after coming off my single speed. I felt the bike was pretty easy to maneuver and it did real well on technical step-ups and even steep sections. Where it faltered is of course where you'd expect it to- at low speeds in technical situations where I needed to pick my way through delicate lines- I guess that means pedal hard and cross your fingers.
Descending and pedaling in the downhills this bike is unreal. Pedal feedback is almost non existent and brake jack is hardly noticeable either. This bike rocks. I had put at Larsen TT 2.35 on the rear and it was fantastic for the hardpack here. Grippy when climbing and good breaking, but easy enough to push around corners and predictable. Anyway, I think I'm in love - especially after going through the pics and thinking about how much fun I had.
