Oct. 23, 2014, 9:58 a.m. -  Mike

#!markdown Great review. Your impressions are shared by me with my sight 650b I had last year. I did try mine with a 160mm fork but found it sat too high. Head angle felt a little too steep for the rest of the bike and the bb height with 20mm extra travel really changed the playfulness of the bike for the worse. I ended up settling on 150mm of front travel and became firmly convinced this bike needs a "BC Edition" with a 150mm fork. The geometry still felt great and the bike felt more confident through out. That all said, I often felt I was out riding the sight, and for my own personal riding style, should have been on a range… MY lesson learned. Overall, it's an amazing bike tough! Really confidence inspiring if your riding the trails irks designed for. I rode mine through out north van, on the sunshine coast, through out the interior of BC, and through out the US and loved every minute of it despite feeling I would have liked slightly more travel and slightly slacker angles… Which is why I'm riding a range carbon instead now.