After reading this tread for quite a while I just got a great deal on a slightly used CO-OP DRT 2.1. I'm really enjoying the bike although it will take a while to get used to looking down and seeing 27.5 x 2.8 tires after primarily riding a road bike and 700 x 37mm touring bike. I plan to ride trails and avoid technical stuff that can hurt.

I need to get up to speed on hydraulic brakes and thru axels but I'm sure that some u-tube time will help. I'm sure that the Park Tool videos will be extremely informative. I'll likely add a dropper post and go tubeless in the near future.

Just a quick question...I live between 5-10 miles from a few trails. Do most of you ride these distances over pavement to trailheads or do you drive and rarely/never ride on pavement? If it matters, the bike has Rocket Ron tires (I don't remember the exact Rocket Ron model.)

I'm sure more questions will arise.

Thank you.