Update:

A short video of yesterdays ride at Duthie Hill Park here in WA. What an awesome park. Thanks Clifton for the tips on finding the trail. It was not obvious! I actually thought the ride up to the 'Bootcamp' trail WAS the trail

The bike held up fantastically (Im 280lbs) and ran like a champ. I had one incident of the chain 'almost' coming off and one 'almost' wipeout but I caught myself. I think I have to tweak the limit to stop the chain running off the large rear sprocket.

The clicking in the video is from the GoPro. It makes a noise on the chest-mount if I dont tighten it enough. I rarely use the chest-mount as I feel a bit like a dork wearing it and forgot about the 'must tighten' issue.

It certainly was a workout. I dont know if it was fear or exertion but the sweat was rolling off of me. I live 17 miles from Duthie Hill park and could definitely see where this could get addictive. Most fun Ive had on a bike in a long time. I felt bad for my daughter as she tried her best but the 'easy' trail also needs a more capable bike than she was on. Sounds like another bike hunt maybe in my near future

The shocking thing was we were out for 90 mins on trails and probably only covered 4 miles Oh well - it was awesome and the bike was all I had hoped it would be. So nice to get some dirt on that shiny paint.

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