I did my first ride since march today. I took my new bike out for it's maiden voyage and man it was awesome. I don't know what they did to the bike or was it the combination of the new geometry and hadly hub in the back of the bike but it climbed like a beast. At this point I'm beyond out of shape and I only stopped once during my 7 mile local loop. I did couple small jumps (no more than 3') and the way bike soaked up the landing was amazing. I've had couple of stumpjumpers in the recent past and these two bikes are world apart.

I'm glad I've made the switch.