Mountain trails vary from loose-over-hard fireroads to rock gardens that look more like Martian terrain to winding rut-ridden singletrack where your bike seems to point everywhere but straight. The XAM II feels at home in all those conditions--absolutely.It is, by its very design, an all-conditions bike falling somewhere between the all-mountain XC bikes and the tank-like downhill rigs. The wide Kenda 2.3 tires are like velcro to the ground it touches so loose-over-hard terrain might as well be asphalt.
The teaming of Fox's 36mm Talas and DHX 5.0 reduces rock gardens into mere pebble patches. And the super strong and super stiff 7005 aluminum frame will not bend to any winding singletrack demands.
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