Ran a Recon Lap of the XL course today with @Jolyzara
2.35 Ray up front 2.1 Burt out back mounted on Hollowgram/DTSwiss hoops and an Airliner Light in the rear. This was on my Scalpel HT, so the Airliner wasn’t really optional, and I did give it a test or two.
Ray was predictable as expected. We hit ALL of the conditions, wet sand, dry sand, medium wet/dry sand, hard pack, marbles over hard, mud, water, and what ever substance the bottom of “Beer and Pizza” is made out of.
Burt was only questionable in two places and not for long.
1st was trail 60 which was a sand fest. That said I think they only bike making it through there without some drama is a fat bike.
2nd was on a loose over hard downhill section. Burt just doesn’t have the lug to punch through the loose, but I took the loss of braking traction as my queue to just let go of the brake and let gravity take over.
With all that I think I’m sold on Burt being my rear for the XL.