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Originally Posted by
Gas_Up_Lets_Go
How did you find the bikes power delivery, now you have the upgrades ? Did it make it easier, or harder to ride the bike in those conditions ?
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Didn't answer this after the Ryedale, because it was such atypical conditions I wasn't sure, but having since done the Brechfa under more normal conditions, it's a great improvement in at least a couple of situations...
- Getting out of corners. Can often pull the next gear up without bogging on the apex, so get a lot better drive out of the corner without running out of revs and having to shift while still leant over/drifting.
- A lot of the tight single-track stuff I was able to keep it in third and just 'tickle' it along at low revs, and still be able to give it a quick burst along the straight bits. A bit more controllable than being in second and in the middle of the rev range on slippery stuff, and I think it also made me attack some of the corners/obstacles a bit faster to avoid changing down - if I'd been in second I'd subconsciously let the revs drop right down and be going much slower.