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September 4, 2007
Review of first Seven IMX dirt ride
Took the new Seven out for a dirty ride today. It was raining slightly, but still warmish (70). Look ma, dirt on the new bike!
Basically completely happy. Very different riding a hard tail from the old full suspension. Very compliant. And you really feel the bunnyhops! The back end is just there, sticky. I also noticed that over little burms the front fork would compress and then the hard tail would pop up off if I was going fast enough. I had forgotten hard tails do that. But controllable. On the flats I locked out the Fox fork and the bike rode like a road bike, completely solid and fast. With the front suspension on, I didn't feel most of the bumps in the road, completely soaked them up without having that springy feeling. On the climbs I never felt like I was compressing the suspension, that is the whole idea and it works! The XTR groupo was flawless and I really appreciated the granny gear coming up Queen Anne. I actually overrode the big gear on the flats with my slicks, so I may get a couple teeth larger big gear. Overall, totally jazzed!
Posted by Martin at September 4, 2007 10:10 PM
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