*cough* *hack* your bike weighs HOW much? Girl, we need to talk!! If you are getting interested in mtb, that really is a lot of weight, even for a recreationol/hybrid. No wonder you are frustrated!! I thought 33 was a lot.. that's how much my first bike weighed.

as for your unweighting, that's totally techinique and rider, has nothing to do with weight of the bike...even DH riders can do those moves with thier 50# rigs. Don't take this the wrong way.. some of that stuff can be really tricky to learn, or at least it is for me.

OTOH last time I went to camp, my gf showed up with her antique no suspenion rockhopper, "the studebakers" and she learned to hop it over a 6" log!!

irulan