Have had it 4 weeks now and got over 200 miles on it. It's an absolute weapon of a bike!
Did the Long Mynd Batch Burner yesterday, which is a 50+km endurance XC type of event but with some absolutely savage climbs (both in gradient and techiness in places), and it got up everything! I was one of the first eBikers back in the end, despite starting almost right at the back. The climbs were savage enough that I don't think anyone on a normal MTB cleaned them all, and I saw plenty of eBikers walking/pushing in places too.
That's the most XC type of riding I've done on it, everything else has been typical trail riding or heading down more full on places like Staunton. On the steep and gnarly stuff, the bike absolutely excels, especially now the suspension is fully sorted. The GRIP X2 damper has given it a lot more support, and though I noticed yesterday riding 52km of more XC stuff that it's not what you'd call plush... The bike almost feels jarring if it's not being ridden hard the way I've got the suspension setup! Most people tend to set their bikes up to feel really plush on tamer trails and they can quickly get out of their depth in the rough stuff. My Mondraker is absolutely the other way and feels a bit unforgiving if I'm not pinning it, but my god when I am it's amazing!!!
