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Thanks for the good wishes. I had a nice day.

Happy Christmas Birthday, Ric!

So far, so good!

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.