NBD... Kona for me
Had to retire the stumpy... dad's axe has been excellent, but it was time.
Was looking at another stumpy, trance, sight and others. Dropped by the lilydale LBS to just look, not buying a bike, only looking. Walked out with a Kona Process 27.5. It's probably a bigger bike than I was thinking of, but it ticked the boxes, was quite discounted, and Sue loved the colour.
Had a local burn on it this avo. Doesn't climb as easily as the stumpy, but is much better going down. I like the front end, nice and precise compared with my old bike.
I did manage to crash it. Had a big pedal strike on a tussock that was hiding a major rock. Was going quite fast and went down instantly, but luckily landed in really thick soft grass. Crash... tick.
Anyway, I need to set it up a bit, but I'm excited.