Two Wheeled Time Machine

In this case, the rebuilt Stumpjumper M4 from 2001. Having ridden nothing but 29/700 wheels for the past couple of years I had forgotten how much fun the smaller, lighter, more agile 26" bike really is. I also now appreciate how smoothly the 29er rolls over the rough stuff. This just goes to show the wisdom of the saying that the optimum number of bicycles to own = n+1