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I realised that, since sorting this build, I hadn't really provided any kind of 'ride report'.
Despite riding this loads (mostly on the road whilst waiting for the Field to be finished), I hadn't been able to ride off-road too much due to the tendons in my wrist rubbing against the 3 plates in there when braking too much (I'm told by my doctor that the risk of rupturing/tearing the tendons is now quite high).
Having felt marginally less pain of late, I got out in Chiba prefecture, a sparsely populated trail/CX/MTB wonderland around an hour drive from Tokyo, with two mates (Strava link HERE but, in summary, 60.6km with 1,105m of elevation gain across lots of gravel, wet rocks, mud from a heavy downpour the day before...you get the idea).
Very painful wrist afterwards, mildly eased by a dip in an onsen (hot spring) after the ride, but so much fun.
I have found the Swiss Cross on the CX1 drivetrain to be fun as a road bike, city bike, CX bike, and a 'go-anywhere' off-road bike. Basically, it feels like being a kid again when I ride it.
Some shots from the ride follow (the worst of the terrain wasn't caught on camera as we were too busy trying not to come off).