{"id":861,"date":"2011-06-03T14:09:43","date_gmt":"2011-06-03T22:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=861"},"modified":"2011-06-03T14:09:43","modified_gmt":"2011-06-03T22:09:43","slug":"shaking-down-the-uzzi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=861","title":{"rendered":"Shaking down the UZZI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So I got my brand spanking\u00a0new UZZI out for a shakedown ride recently.\u00a0\u00a0 The orginal plan was hit up Iron Mountain and Ellie Lane but with early moring rain, the plan shifted to Anderson Truck Trail in Alpine.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/abd2351c3a293ac303d9459a25a0dcb6.jpg?resize=840%2C630\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/abd2351c3a293ac303d9459a25a0dcb6.jpg?resize=840%2C630\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The boys at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bikebling.com\">BikeBling<\/a> did a mighty fine job with the mechanicals as it was shifting flawless right of of the gate and even under tension.\u00a0\u00a0 (A feat which I often miss the mark on a bit requiring lots of trailside tinkering on the first ride) I was bit leary about going to the 10 speed drivetrain as I like the idea of having only one drive train type to worry about (9 speed).\u00a0\u00a0Between mine and the kid&#8217;s bike it\u00a0good to have some\u00a0commonality\u00a0on the logistics side of the house. \u00a0Well it did not take long into the climb to notice the marvels of the 36-tooth cog in the back.\u00a0 I&#8217;m sold on it already and I did not even have to try out the 22-36 granny ring setup yet.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/bbe97509fda3801c0d75f0cc37cd4ef7.jpg?resize=840%2C629\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"629\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/bbe97509fda3801c0d75f0cc37cd4ef7.jpg?resize=840%2C629\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My last two longer legged bikes had Fox 36 TALAS\u00a0(160) airsrung forks up front and I really liked being able to adjust the travel down to make\u00a0long or steep climbs easier to deal with.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0This bike has the Fox\u00a036 Vanilla (180) coil\u00a0sprung fork\u00a0without the\u00a0travel adjustment.\u00a0\u00a0It will take a bit of getting used on some of the climbing bits with this longer slacker frontend as a bit more\u00a0body positioning is going to be required a steeper bits.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It was so freaking nice\u00a0to have a VPP suspended bike back under the saddle.\u00a0 This bike climbed exceptionally well for it weight without any of the dreaded energy sapping &#8220;bob&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/15fc4701f35ed0dc4acbb0abeff52da6.jpg?resize=840%2C630\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/15fc4701f35ed0dc4acbb0abeff52da6.jpg?resize=840%2C630\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When it was time to turn the bike down the hill that was when this bike really came alive.\u00a0 The bike is so stinking plush and it only took a few rock rolls and drops to get sold on the coil fork.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/e7bc3627f0688b298efab7030a6ed161.jpg?resize=649%2C911\" alt=\"\" width=\"649\" height=\"911\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/e7bc3627f0688b298efab7030a6ed161.jpg?resize=649%2C911\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0I stuck to only the small air bits while getting acquintted with how this bike handles.\u00a0 This bike is pretty confidence inspiring so I got a feeling I&#8217;m going to get myself into trouble with this rig at some point.\u00a0\u00a0 It&#8217;s gonna be great!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/b5004c37626f86657b3cd216d9645caf.jpg?resize=683%2C911\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"911\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/b5004c37626f86657b3cd216d9645caf.jpg?resize=683%2C911\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The trail overall was in about as good as shape as it ever gets so it was an absolutely great day to be out testing a new bike.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/7ef7ecfa4784d81c96709da4ddf201d1.jpg?resize=840%2C630\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/7ef7ecfa4784d81c96709da4ddf201d1.jpg?resize=840%2C630\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My the time it was time to head back down the main run, I had a pretty good opening day feel for the bike\u00a0and I\u00a0had one heck of fun descent back down the hill.\u00a0 There was some hooping and hollering on the 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