Riding my ridged bike on some old local trails in southern Oregon. Mountain biking here is fun and Jones is perfect for everything, very fast and comfortable on the climb just as it is on the way back down.
How did you hand and forearms feel throughout the ride? I have chunky stuff like this in the Northeast - Ive been thinking about a jones for a few years now...
They feel as good as good can be, it might take a few rides to get used to it if you have never ridden a ridged bike off road tho. The upright position and Plus sized tires with 'low' air pressure make absorbing the bumps and chunk quite pleasant. While not making as big of a difference as tires and riding position the vertical compliance of the the titanium Spaceframe is also very nice. Of course this is still a ridged bike so it's not gonna be crazy 'plushy' like a full sus bike and your going to feel the trail but that's why I love it, i'm actually riding the trail, not just floating on a cloud.
At least in Ti, the truss fork is a bit lighter, but the main focus is on front-to-back and torsional rigidity. It makes it less forgiving than a unicrown, and not as easy to to mount bags, but it doesn't shudder at all in hard braking, and steers extremely precisely on tight steep downhill trails.
