So here is how this bike is currently living after a season of riding. I originally installed a Sid ultimate, I REALLY liked the dampening but unfortunately the bushings lasted about 2 weeks. Sram sent me a brand new fork, I sold it. I replaced it with a stepcast 34. I don't love it. Either small bump sensitivity or big bump depth, choose one- not both. Next bike, maybe even this bike, I'll step up to a 130 pike. Overall the frame is decent. BB/Chainstay are nice and stiff, but top tube flexes more than I would like.
I've been through 3 or 4 different bars and another 3-4 stems. Im dealing with outer wrist pain, that I've never had before, and I still don't have any issues with on my road or gravel bikes. I originally set the bike up with a 110 stem, 35 diameter 10mm rise bar with about 40mm of drop, and since then I've been working my way back and higher. Im currently riding a short stem(80) w/ a lot of rise and some SQ Lab bars 16deg. I currently have nearly zero drop from saddle to bar vs my road bike has about 10cm and my normal mtb fit is about 60mm of drop. Im almost about to swap to a bar kinda like a Surly Corner Bar or possibly adding some of the sq lab inner bar ends. It feels like I need more hand positions regardless of bar sweep/height. Or im going to take an older bar and chop it down narrow and give that a try. Its really effecting my ability to ride long and go back to back days.
So anyone with wrist insight? Anyone personally riding significant alt bars with mtb brakes/shifters on single track?
Edit: Just realized my last post in this thread was I ordered the Sage. I did, I got it, I took their suggestion on sizing, I measured it about 50 times and there was no way it was going to work for me. So I sent it back and ordered the Lynskey. Very similar looks to the Sage(Lynskey builds Sages).