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Feliz Navidad para ti y Alex. Happy Holidays to all!

RIP Laverne! You stole every scene as an actor and were even better as a director.

RIP Donald Moffat, another great character actor. I never would have guessed he was English until I read his bio today.

Just received this from Eastwind Import (www.eastwindimport.com)

Double Oreo Casserole!

Happy Birthday Todd! Have a great day.

Indeed. Congrats!

Agreed. The blue is beautiful. These bikes will only look retro when viewing the right left profile.

Happy Birthday Bryan! Have a wonderful day.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Happy Birthday John! Have a great time.

My condolences to Wayne and Antonio for their losses. ?

Happy Birthday Chris!

Happy Birthday Mikey!

So sorry, Brent. Hang in there. RIP Alex.

Lots of them.

Same side. That was a broken clavicle. This time it was the humerus at the head.

Had surgery to fix my broken right shoulder. God I love mountain biking. Don't like one-handed typing so much though.

RIP Willie McCovey, one of the all-time greats.

The devil made him do it.

Sorry, Nate. I didn't realize that the shock was so "special". Cannondale make some interesting design choices on your bike. It does sound like a new bike is your best bet. As Brent said, the bike blowout sales start soon and there are a lot of new, exciting trail bike models. Good luck in finding an appropriate replacement bike. My upgrade was around $600, just about what the bike is worth these days. I viewed it more as an opportunity to learn a lot about bike maintenance. The upgrade does fix the two big issues I had, those being a 3x drive train and the lack of a dropper post.

The NX Eagle is the best shifting drive train I've ever ridden. Reviews say that all levels of Eagle shift pretty much the same so it's mostly a consideration of weight vs. cost when choosing a level. Of course the NX runs on a Shimano free hub unlike the other levels. @Nate, can't you find someone to overhaul your shock or, even better, do it yourself? Yes, but the weight penalty is incredible.

Finally finished upgrading my 2014 Trek Fuel Ex 5. Upgrades include new Sram NX Eagle drive train, Brand-X Ascend II dropper post, Ergon GA3 grips and cheapo Sunlite platform pedals. I'm very pleased with how it turned out.

Glad to see that they are getting along well, Todd.

Happy Birthday, Marc! Have a great day.