I took it for a few spins up the street and back and this is an altogether different beast than I'm used to!! I recently bought a 1995 Trek 820 that basically handles like the 1995 Trek 730 hybrid I rode for 12 years. I wanted to experience one of the "slack angle" MTB's which is why I was interested in this one.

First, it's in rough shape operationally. Everything works but not well. One or both wheels is so out of true that I can feel the wobble while I'm riding. I see how this design is optimized for downhill riding. My butt is way back, the handlebar is down low and I'm really stretched out on the bike. I would like to pick up a cheap kalloy straight post and put one of my old saddles on and try it without all the setback. Also, I'm getting ready to check the stem to see if there is any rise there. The strangest thing is the steering. The front-end is wobbling all over the place and I'm massively over-correcting. The closest thing I've felt was when I was kid a got a true chopper bicycle with the front wheel at the end of a several feet-long fork. The steering on that was the same way until I got used to it.