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@pascalo
First "monster cross" ride ever with 2.1 tyres on the Wolverine.
Friend of mine is into MTB and after we cruised up Norton Summit as I would normally on a road bike, albeit in a more relaxed pace, proceeded to show me a stretch called "Coach Road" and subsequently made me soil my pants.
Lots of dry, loose gravel, bigger than first-sized boulders and whatnot on something between 12 to 20 % gradients. Physically I had trouble holding on to the hoods while the fork got knocked around, mentally I had trouble letting go of my brakes.