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When I tuned my pinz last winter I feared that I gave it too low of RPM's. I think it idles in the area of 600-700. But after a summer of rocky trails and steep declines, I must say the low RPM's make traversing difficult terrain much less stressful and jarring.

https://vimeo.com/105623511https://vimeo.com/105623432

Sorry for the potato quality on that video, but it shows how easily the low rpm Pinz handles downhill by just plunking it in 1 low and letting it idle its way down the rocks. I don't have videos, but this is much improved from my attempt last year on the very same trail when I puckered my cheeks so badly I had to turn around and seek help to unclench.

Uphill just requires a little pump of gas every once in a while to keep her from stalling. It was nice enough that the wife didn't feel the need to bail out each and every time there was a big climb ahead. Then again, who would take videos if not for the weak of 'clentch'.

Here is another theory, You are getting used to the handling characteristics of the Pinz. People new to the pinz tend to be a little freaked out by the way it handles obstacles but after time they become a little more comfortable.
I know when my kids were in school I would take them and their friends out to a play area not too far from the house. I used to get lots of screams of terror from them but now they all but fall asleep over the same terrain.

Very true.

I should also say now that I remember it, the idle was set ridiculously high last year.

Wait - was that a German Shorthair in the back?

No, just my looney Springer Spaniel and Newfie-Shephard.