Gears
Thought U had a piccy with a 12-23 road cassette on it at one point? On the subject of the forks though, I tend to find with smaller frames, even 100mm travel forks seem to lift the front end too high, so rigids can offer the benefit of better geometry?
Our problem around here is that no matter how smooth a rider you are, all the trails are badly cut up with the thousands of horses in the district, where they are dirt based, or covered in egg to cricket ball sized cobbles where it is bedrock, rigid is just not an option off road, even riding an HT can be hard work, full suss being better.
