Just took her out for a quick spin at the yangs.
First thing I noticed was how quick and effortless the demo rolls. Could be the tubeless set up.
Pro pedal on the DHX 4 is great, had it turned up to about 6 clicks, but it gets a little sketchy in rockgardens at speed, so i'd probably turn it down to about 2 clicks for buller tomorrow.
It sits nice and low, and the head angle feels reeeel slack, pretty long top tube too, so as opposed to my last bike (more of a freeride geo) it feels like there's heaps of room in the cockpit, and you're more 'in' the bike than perched on it. . if you know what I mean.
Corners in berms like a demon, and you simply have to keep your weight centred for off camber, drifty corners. The slack head angle makes it feel like you have to move quite a distance forward for aggressive cornering, and the low bottom bracket and shorter chainstays allow you to really fuggen rip into corners. So much fun.
That said, at times it feels like you kinda lose contact with the front wheel, really a bike to be ridden with aggression.
The totems feel endless. Coming from 40s I thought I'd experience the downside of less travel a bit more. Love the totems.
In the air, again the geo makes you just want to stay up there for longer. Really stable. The longer/lower geo gives you a lower centre of gravity, and I boosted higher off all the jumps than ever.
Once the elixers bedded in they were frighteningly powerful, nearly went over the hangers a couple of times at slower speeds.
So. . all in all, a really solid, low to the ground, yet nimble ride.
High Speed report to follow.
