First Dirt

Shakedown ride down local trail. I had thought the several days of +/- 50 would be enough to melt off whatever ice there was… Forgetting it's a snowmobile path as well. So frozen slush (not sure what else to call it) and deep mud. Overall performed admirably, but also realized my stem is probably a bit short and I'm fighting the urge to go up to 2.4 tires for flotation. The rear being 27.5 makes it harder to find something faster rolling in that size, so that's my main logic to not buy another set of tires. I'm not sure if the cross brakes were worth it but they also weren't really expensive so at worst they ruin using a handlebar bags.