honestly, Braf, I dig both. they each make you appreciate the other. if there's a pref, it's whatever I'm in the mood for, that day. today's ride is one I've been wanting to do for a while, but with all the off-camber roots and rocks, it's just too much to try to ride in the wet. finally got a dry Sunday.
KuRdt, the oak is the worst. cedar doesn't hit me hardly at all. up until this week, a dose of Flonase in the morning is all I've needed since the buds started up. I forgot even that on Wednesday, and did a quick lunch ride at St Eds. came home covered with little yellow oak pollen meteor traces. an hour after I got home, I felt like I had the flu. body aches, fatigue, etc. shit didn't respond to Flonase and Allegra for two days (Zyrtec makes me jumpy). ran out of Flonase, yesterday, so not quite armored up for today's onslaught.
2x, if you're seeing the saddle at all, I'm descending. on climbs and pedalling moves, the handlebar will disappear off the bottom of the screen, except when lunging it forward. I never drop the saddle on climbs. I find it a huge disadvantage in those instances where I fail to extend it back after a drop and I've got to do some technical ups.
but it does bring up an interesting thing about these slower, techy videos. unless you've ridden them, you really can't tell what's going on. I suppose if there's an extra point in favor of the big flowy Enduro stuff is that the videos are easier to interpret for strangers.