I found the whole bike faultless to be honest Neil, gears need a little tweek but overall great.
It handles great, somehow or other I set a Strava personal record on on a steep and very rooty downhill segment despite having ridden it several times on front sus bikes :shock:
Brakes are excellent, easily as good as any V's I have (always had the knack for setting up cantis) I put brand new aztec pads in and they seem great.
The fork mounted hanger looks good in my opinion and I'm not sure I had enough stack height on the headset for a hanger there anywhere, this had a Tioga Avenger stem with internal cable routing, I have the stem but its scruffy and too long anyway.
It handles great, somehow or other I set a Strava personal record on on a steep and very rooty downhill segment despite having ridden it several times on front sus bikes :shock:
Brakes are excellent, easily as good as any V's I have (always had the knack for setting up cantis) I put brand new aztec pads in and they seem great.
The fork mounted hanger looks good in my opinion and I'm not sure I had enough stack height on the headset for a hanger there anywhere, this had a Tioga Avenger stem with internal cable routing, I have the stem but its scruffy and too long anyway.