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"Went on a group ride this morning on a trail with a bit more gnar than what I have been riding.  Finally clipped a tree and ate it, but not on a gate, no harm done. Group rides are weird, kinda screws with my steering/seeing because I don't look as far ahead as normal.\n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\tAnyway, the sensation of floating over really rooty or rocky stuff is weird.  Almost feels sort of out of control (I suppose if I duplicated the feeling on my hardtail, I probably would be out of control).  . Or am I weird or do I need to adjust the shocks some?  I deferred on a couple of drops that were routine on my hardtail a couple of years ago, partly because I hadn't seen them in a year or two and partly because I feel like I am still getting used to the bike.  Don't know if its the bars or all the squish, but my steering feels kind of sloppy at times and I don't trust myself coming out of a drop on line.\n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\tI don't get why steering feels sort of sloppy (not as in slop in the headset, but directionally imprecise).  The head tube is 2.5 degrees slacker than my hardtail, but the tires are wider and the fork more compliant, but those bars and short stem (which should sort of cancel each other out) maybe.  I don't know.  Maybe it's just the different steering inputs have me kind of flummoxed.\n \n"
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