the GOT bike

For "get", I'm not using the vernacular meaning of "become", but instead the prescriptive definition: obtain or fetch. Yesterday I came home with a three inch wide tire, something I've been considering for some time. As forks on even hardtails, especially those with the slack head angles I prefer, gain more and more suspension travel, it becomes (not gets!) harder and harder to find rigid forks long enough to replace them, but I figured I could regain some of that height by using a huge tire up front. It fits well inside the Carver fork,  although for the first time,  I had to angle a tire past the brake caliper. I also like big tires. Years ago, one of the top three bike handlers that not just dropped me, but disappeared, on a descent, Chris (aka Hard Water Kiter ) and I agreed that we'd take traction over suspension if given a choice. Chris isn't suspension phobic like I am, but we both felt we could ride faster with more grip versus any assistance...