I've ridden the same trail on ritchey speedmax though, which are less knobby than what's on there, I think they were even skinnier- 30 vs 32, and I didn't have similar problems at all (different bike of course). I'm sure I could get some better contact, I've got some wtb knobbies to try, but it simply seems like a sketchy bike.
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