Also I had a chance to play around with the rear shock setting. Apparently the stock setting was waaay to stiff. Maybe it also contributed to my crash last month in Puspiptek. Anthem is ment for XC racers. Giant's Adam Craig cranked 190 psi into his Anthem, when he won the Sea Otter Classic. But I'm a trail bike lovers. I had suspension because I wanted to smoothen my rides.
Finally I settled with 90-95 psi setting.
Puncak is amost 75% of rocks & loose rocks. Normally, a long travel is mandatory. I usually take my Titus Moto-lite (or Santa Cruz Blur LT before I sold it). But with the above setting, Anthem can level the terrain quite nicely, without bottoming. True that I still can feel the undulating terrain beneath me. But I had no complaint. My lower back didn't feel a pain after a serious 3,5 hrs rides. And I still can tailed my ol' buddy Ozy with his SC Blur LT in long descents.
The different lies on the uphills. During first part of "ngehek" uphills, my secretary called my cell phone. I didn't want to stop, so we had a good chat while I ride uphills. How about that!! Talk about VO2 max....hahaha
I would gladly take this bike for my next Puncak rides. It's lightweight just felt soooo nice when I went for "Ngehek" sections. Maybe I'll put on Talas RLC Fork & XTR Crank which now installed at my Moto Lite. Then it'll be a truly a dream XC bike with perfect parts. Sooooo, who needs a long travel frame anyway?
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