I just started thinking about this and took a neat little trip down memory lane. I'm sure some people have had (and still do have) many more bicycles than I ever have, but I feel like I've been lucky to own some good ones. I tend to keep a bike for a long time and only own one at a time. Here goes:
Mid 1970s: I started on a hand-me-down that my grandpa probably got from one of my cousins. I rode it for a while with training wheels until the kid next door teased me about them. I made grandpa take off the trainers and I was off!
later '70s: I got a Huffy Thunder Road for Christmas. Uhm, yeah, a Huffy.
Christmas, 1979: Team Murray BMX. Doesn't Murray make lawnmowers? Anyway, it was chrome and gold and I loved it.
1981: I got my first really nice bike: a Diamondback BMX from Wheels N Things, which (unbeknownst to me until recently,) was the headquarters of the Diamondback national race team in those days. I didn't meet Harry Leary or anything, but I had a pretty righteous bicycle. I pedaled that thing for years. I wish I still had it, but sadly it was stolen in the later '80s.
1988: First MTB! I saw a Jamis Dakar in a bike shop and convinced myself I needed a training tool for motocross. Paid for it with my own money, which was a confidence booster.
1995: Bought a used Cannondale MTB from my friend. It was purple. (Hey, this was the '90s! Everything was purple!)
2005: Gary Fisher Cake 2 DLX: Soooo choice. I could finally afford a really nice bike, and this one was trick.... It almost made me puke to pay $2,000 for a bicycle. Little did I know....
2017: Finally replaced the Gary Fisher with a word-salad bike: Commencal Meta AM V4.2 Ride. Yikes! This one was more of an "entry level + nicer suspension" setup. Modern geo and a way better "Enduro" experience than what I had been riding.
2025: Upgraded the Commencal with a Meta V5 Ohlins: the best of both worlds, enduro geo and nice components. I'll probably ride this one until I can't pedal without assistance.
So, that's it. 9 bikes in 50 years. What have you guys had?
Not sure if I should be proud or embarrassed, but I recently wrote down every bike that I’ve owned (and can remember) in a spreadsheet.
Across genres including kid bikes, mountain (DH, XC, Trail), road/gravel, BMX, and dirt jumpers, I have owned 102 bikes.
Some of these are just new frames with swapped over parts, but I consider that a different bike for this purpose. I might have a problem.
The most bikes by far are BMX (26) and DJ (19), as I was a 6 night a week skatepark kid growing up. I wish my skills were better for all that time.
I’ll add, hands down the best bike of all of these was a ~2000 V1 Santa Cruz Superlight which is still in my Mom’s garage (I’m 40 now).
Asterisk means currently using, most built up as frames, I don't buy complete bikes that often.
Banshee - Rune 3
Bridgestone - MB-6, worked at McDonald's in high school in the early 1990s at to buy that one for like 300-400 dollars new. Rode this to school as a commuter bike in the Phoenix metro area in AZ. If you were going to have to ride a bike to school way cooler than a 3 or 10 speed road bike back in those days
Evil - Insurgent V1, Insurgent LS, Insurgent 3*, Wreckoning V1, Wreckoning V3*
Guerilla Gravity - MegaTrail
Huffy - had a BMX style Huffy when I was a kid, mag wheels, heavy AF but rode that thing all over the place in rural Iowa and Phoenix area
Ibis - Mojo HD4
Kona - Dawg, Blast
Knolly - Warden 2016, Warden C, Warden LT
Marin - in the mid-2000s I got back into riding bikes once my kids were a couple of years old, bought a Marin off a guy on Craigslist for a couple of hundred bucks as we were pretty cash strapped at that time. I think that bike was a frankenbike with a Marin front triangle, never was able to match it up with actual Marin bikes around that time or researching prior years. That thing was a hazard between the bike geometry and me learning how to ride a full suspension, ended up moving to the Dawg to keep myself in one piece and eventually the Heckler 6 as real mountain bikes
Pivot - Firebird 27.5, Mach 6 briefly
Revel - Rail 27.5
Rocky Mountain - Maiden*, Altitude 2023*, Altitude 2024*, Slayer 2024*
Santa Cruz - Heckler 6, Nomad 2, Nomad 3*, V10.6*
Schwinn - I was injured most of my time in college on the cross-country team (I'm not physically built for running the 60-70 miles a week in the mountains of Arizona that college cross-country requires) and when you were injured you had to ride a Schwinn mountain bike while everyone else on the team was running. Turns out I enjoyed that way more than running so shout out to whatever early-90s Schwinn hardtail that was because it got me hooked on mountain biking
Transition - Patrol 27.5 (gave it to a friend to use, very fun bike)
Turner - RFX 4.0 (have the frame sitting around, not currently built up and riding it)
Yeti - SB165*
Favorites out of that are the SC, Evil, and Rocky bikes as far as how they ride.
You can't go far in Arizona without seeing Pivot bikes but I don't love them personally for how I like to ride and how a bike feels. Hard to put a finger on it, just not my cup of tea.
Before :
Mid 80s Univega Alpina
1991 Cannondale SM700
1994 Cannondale Super-V 1000
Currently:
1996 GT Zaskar
2021 Santa Cruz Hightower CC
2024 Santa Cruz V10
1980's - Peugeot Black Lion BMX. Ammaco - Country Club MTB, Dawes, Wildcat MTB
00's - Specialized Rockhopper, Specialized - Stump Jumper, Gary Fisher Wahoo
2010's - Pace RC506, Santa Cruz Tall Boy 1, Santa Cuz High Tower LT1,
2020's - On One Hello Dave.
broke my elbow BMXing in summer 2019 and vowed to do something safer... like mountain biking... (if only he knew)
started with a Scott Aspect hardtail. after that found a cheap Diamondback Atroz to try FS for the first time. actually kinda loved it but thought I was being too unsafe on it... so I bought a Salsa Rangefinder and went back to XC and bikepacking and stuff.
almost immediately got bored of that. bought a Vitus Mythique. almost immediately broke my collarbone on it. got a little discouraged, sold it. literally tried to ride BMX again but by this point just felt even older and stiffer and hated how it felt.
bought a Polygon T7 so I could try a 29er FS. it was better than i thought. still wasn't my favorite and money got tight so I sold it and bought a dirt jumper. Verde Radix. I liked that a lot more than I thought but I missed trail riding and the progression on the DJer quickly became more dangerous than I preferred.
sold it and bought a 2016 Kona Process 153. probly my favorite bike I ever rode, even though it climbed like a pig. that general era of the Process line and the Entourage before that are probably as close as you can get to a BMX/DJer in a FS bike, while still having gears and a dropper.
during the BOGO sale decided to 'upgrade' to a modern Kona Process 153. immediately regretted it, but partly because I should have bought a medium for the modern sizing and not a large. Never liked how the bike felt. Ran a dak stak riser bar and made the bike more fun but unstable (unpredictable). got out of shape on a jump and got my first concussion and broke my back (a little bit)
got a lil discouraged but cracked on and tried to find a different bike with better sizing/geometry. demo'd a lot of stuff and actually rode a Poseidon Norton hardtail in the meantime. ended up settling on a YT Jeffsy MX right before they went under. Been so happy with it I've been trying to theorize what to replace it with and haven't quite come up with anything. I think by now it's the longest I've owned an MTB. Sure it would be lovely if the frame was lighter/carbon but otherwise it has no flaws for my riding.
I also bought a Haro Steel Reserve DJer and then recently a Propain Trickshot DJer. the Trickshot is a game changer. the weight of this thing is almost unnerving. can throw it around and do whatever you want, it's almost too light.
so I still have the Jeffsy, Norton, and Trickshot. I have vague ideas about what I'd replace things with but... These bikes are so good I haven't settled on anything yet.
1990s and 2000s: Trials bikes and BMXs
2010 - 2014: On One 456. Really fun hardtail that I used for a bit of everything. Broke with a fatigue crack in the seatstay, near the brake mount.
2014: Banshee Rune #1. Good bike but broke in 2 months with a fatigue crack at the shock mount.
2014 - 2015: Banshee Rune #2. Warranty replacement that broke in the same way.
2015 - 2017: GT Sanction #1. This bike was ahead of it's time and I have a lot of good memories racing with it. Broke with a fatigue crack in the drive side chainstay.
2015 - current: Nicolai ION 20. Really fun DH bike that was progressive but just before Nicolai's Geolution where geometry numbers became extreme. Original front triangle broke in 2019 with a fatigue crack in the weld near the BB/main pivot but was replaced under warranty with a new triangle including extra gusset.
2017 - 2018: GT Sanction #2. This was a replacement frame for #1 but broke in the same place after a year.
2018 - 2019: Dartmoor Blackbird. Fitted all the parts from my previous bikes but the shortest bike I've owned and it always felt like I was riding near my limit of control. Broke with a fatigue crack near the BB.
2019 - 2023: Transition Patrol: Great bike that cornered incredibly well and managed to feel balanced despite relatively short chainstays. Broke with a fatigue crack in the seatstay, near the brake mount.
2023 - current: Ragley Blue Pig. A hardtail that fitted all the components of my previous bike (including the 170mm Fox/Avalanche/Push forks) and is fantastic fun to ride and remarkably capable.
2024 - current: Raaw Madonna. After the Transition, I was concerned that the geometry would be too long but it works really well and the higher stack clearly helps balance it.
I play a never ending game of parts musical chairs, but frame wise in my adult life I've had:
2017-2020: Canyon Grand Canyon AL, very XC geometry and my first 29", felt like I was absolutely flying everywhere
2019 - 2020: some Mongoose dirt jumper. Absolute boat anchor of a frame, and so was the rest of the build !
2020-2024: Dartmoor Primal 29, first time into the more gravity oriented world. Really fun bike when pointed downhill, incredible value, but that stiff rear end beats you up on long rides. According to Strava I've put almost 5000km on this frame.
2020 - current: Octane One Zircus. Great dirtjumper frame for a budget build, super stiff which is great for the asphalt pumptracks I use it on. Pretty light in it's current setup.
2023-2025 : Polygon Siskiu T8, my first FS, bought on the cheap used to try it out. Not a bad bike, but ultimately not what I was looking for so I ended up not putting that many miles on it.
2024 - current: Jeronimo Txabardo, steel replacement of the Primal. Really happy with it, a great workhorse. Probably a bit less fun than the Dartmoor, but that might be due to the larger size.
Would only replace it if I found a purple Cotic Solaris Max
2025 - current: Propain Tyee CF5. Replaced the T8, love it. Currently built on the lighter side of things (B1 Lyrik, supertrail tires...) to make enjoyable on longer rides.
A 2024 Optic should be joining the stable soon, and maybe some sort of DH rig as well. Had a gravel from 2020 to a few weeks ago, but sold it as it was gathering dust.
Just mtbs? 5th grade through high school: an early 90’s Peugeot Tundra Express. Then a 1995 Cannondale F500, a 1997 Gt Avalanche, a 2000 Rocky Mountain Pipeline.
College and a year or so after: 01 Balfa BB7, 03 Rocky Mountain Slayer, 06 Spesh Enduro, 05 Banshee Chaparral, 06Transition Gran Mal.
Then I got a job at the big red S… had too many the years get foggy but: every version of the enduro till 2013, a pitch test mule that was a little longer than production (one of my favorites), a camber 26 test mule, sx trail, demo7, two demo 8 versions during the Hill/ Fairclogh era, epic 29, 2012 stumpjumper evo 26, 2013 converted Sworks stumpy to evo, several alloy and steel p-bikes.
Left specialized and got a first gen alloy, then carbon Bronson. Then the v1 following, v1 offering, v2 offering, v4 offering (current), and a Stanton Sedona ht.
Wow that's lit when I typed it out 🤯 plus it's been raining non stop wtf...
96 Gary Fisher Wahoo / 98 Specialized Stumpy M2 / 2002 Schwinn Straight 6 / 02 Balfa BB7 / 05 Giant DH Comp / O7 Sinister R9 / 08 Giant Glory / 2010 Specialized Demo 8 / 15 Scott Gambler / 2016 Commencal Supreme . That's high school to last full dh season in 19. Add in 05 Spec P3 / Chase DJ / 2014 Giant Trance 2010 Giant Reign / 15 Trans AM Hardtail / 16 Specialized Enduro Comp / 21 Commencal META that was a pos worst bike I've prob ever had .
Stoked to be on a Spire rn and it climbs great and descends even better. Full carbon full 29 my past self is not impressed .I really liked that 16 Enduro Comp too
Basically scott genius between 2015 and 2019,
No order as I cant remember, Got a position where i could try a heap of bikes during covid era.(owned)
post 2020:
slash 8, 9.8 2019, 21+ slash 8, 9.8, gen 6 8 & 9.8
Marin alpine XR 21 & latest 25. alloy
Patrol, spire And sentinel alloy
Tues CF
Glory alloy
151 alloy
altitude Alloy/CF
Sight alloy
spectral and strive, alloy and CF models(spectral)
sb150 CF
stumpjumper evo CF
Remedy alloy
torrent
Reign CF
Meirda one-sixty alloy and CF
Enduro
BOLD 135
Meta's(all broke) not tried v5.
GT Force Alloy and CF
NP Mega and Giga
trance X alloy and CF
Fuel EX gen4, 5 and 6 CF and alloy's
Reign E+
Ransom Eride
amflow m1(broke frame twice)
Trek rail gen 3 and gen 5
polygon DH
+ more I've forgotten
I won't give the years because I've honesty forgotten.
Yeti SB95 - It was... Fine.
Transition Scout V1 - Great bike, but I should have gotten the patrol instead
Evil Wreckoning - Great that it was one of the first long travel 29" but as it turns out I'm not a huge fan of linkage driven single pivots.
Scott Spark - Who knew light bikes could be so much fun?
Sentinel V1 - Good bike without the cascade link, amazing bike with it. Much preferred it over my Evil
Sentinel V2 - Still one of the best bikes I've ever owned
Ibis Riply (2020) - I liked this bike a lot, but it was a bike that didn't like to be pushed as hard as I wanted to.
Cannondale Jekyll (2022) - Meh, just felt like an okay bike. I think its mainly because the x2 was such garbage and AI spacing is the worst.
Transition Spur V1 - Just a dumb fun bike. Always felt like this is what the Ibis Riply wanted to be but just couldn't be.
Dreadnought V1 - Such a terrain dependent bike. In a straight line and over chunk it was unholy, but the super rear axle path made it just feel funky when doing G outs in berms. All in all though much better of a high pivot bike then the Jekyll, and a damn good bike when going fast.
Dreadnought V2 - This bike is so good. I love riding this thing and its held up to plenty of abuse. Just the right amount of chain growth where you want it, but without the feeling that the rear is going miles behind.
Druid V2 - I loved the way the Dread v2 felt so much that I had to get a druid. In my opinion the druid v2 is probably the best "complete package" trail bike I've ever been on. I'd pretty much ride anything on it and have a good time.
Commencal Supreme V5 - Still waiting on all the parts, but I decided it was time to get a proper sled.
More than I can remember properly. And I'm a poor man. it's a sickness. Aside from the four that I made myself, two that stand out are a Hunter Cycles that I traded a used Boxxer for so that he could build a bike truck which he rode to a fourth place finish at Leadville and a '46 Schwinn that I mounted a Hannebrink fork and homemade bars and seat post to.
I’m as bad as you are 😀. I have 4 cycles now. But I have owned 48 motorcycles. NO regrets.
Than you for the support! Haha
Many shit bikes.
Bikes of note:
Damn this is a good one I wish I had pictures of the early ones..
Kona Kikapu. First real mountain bike bought it for $600 loved it to death. (head tube gave out on a jump)
Kona stinky
KHS dirt jumper
Santa Cruz Chameleon (still have the frame, only bike i've ever won a race on)
Intense Uzzi Vpp ( This was such a sick frame, wish i had just kept it. Black Chrome paint.)
V10 carbon with red aluminum rear triangle and DVO Emerald. Completely erased braking bumps. learned a lot on the V10.
Banshee spitfire (Cracked)
Banshee Rune
Banshee Rune V3
Transition Vanquish hardtail.
Banshee Titan (current)
Banshee Legend (current)
Slug Beatnik Ti gravel bike (current)
Stanton Switchback raw steel with lefty "mad Max" (current)
Transition repeater EP8 (current) *Moped
Commencal absolut hardtail 2006 (gen 1 commencals, broke 2 frames in a year)
Transition Bottle Rocket 2008 - Absolutely amazing bike for its time, built like a tank, rode really well, there is a reason why its a legend!
Scott Voltage FR10 2010 - Pretty much a full suspended bmx haha (reach was under 400mm)
Dartmoor Hornet 2013/14 - Fun and really cheap HT frame
Banshee Rune V2 2014- Absolute beast of a bike, I believe it is still being ridden after 10 years
Solid Mission9 2013/2014- Built a cheap DH bike, geo was already really outdated so I didnt ride it much, but the bike was a beast in its prime, I still have the frame at home
Specialized demo 8 around 2015 - You cant really miss with a Demo, still a bit budget build
Banshee Spitfire V2 2016 - Wanted lighter bike so i bought a Spitfire, same performance as Rune but weaker frame resulted in two cracked swingarms
Scott Gambler (2016 model) 2017 - Built a proper DH bike (Dorados are amazing), swaped the mainframe for L recently and the bike still rocks (current)
Cotic BFE 2019 - My favorite hardtaill ever, rode the crap out of it during covid, so much fun! (current)
Marin 4 corners (2019 model) 2021 - My first gravel bike, really affordable steel frame, sold it after 2 years, probably the best price/performance ever
Ibis Ripmo AF 2021- Bike is good but I never really got used to the super low slack geometry, just felt off for my style of riding.
Banshee Titan 2024- Arguably the best Banshee bike so far, fantastic ride (current)
Radon Slush 2024 - with the popularity of pumptracks built one from leftover parts (26" wheels are still from the rune up the list) (current)
Nordest Albarda TI (2023 model) 2024 - Titanium gravel bike, got super lucky deal, ride it way too much compared to the other bikes but thats what age does haha (current)
As you can see I have 5 bikes now and all of them are absolutely amazing, just dont have time to properly ride them all haha
This is a great exercise and trip down memory lane. According to my count, I've owned 43 mountain bikes (where "bike" refers to a distinct frame, even if parts were moved over from the previous bike) and 66 bikes total (which includes road bikes, gravel bikes, BMX's, and my original kid bike when I was 5). Many of them were amazing, some of them sucked, but all of my bikes taught me things and took me places. Puts it into perspective how lucky I've been to have owned and ridden so many bikes.
And out of those 42 mountain bikes, my questionable memory and math tell me that I broke 37% of them, which is nothing compared to @kane who is apparently the undertaker for mountain bike frames:
You people have addiction personality disorder. Me to 😀😀😀😀😀😀
Well this is certainly testing my memory first thing on a Monday morning.
The early years were a smattering of department store bikes then after trying to mod a department store bike I finally saved up enough scraps for a real bike frame and as the saying goes, it was all downhill from there.
2002 Specialized Big Hit
2005 Morewood Showa LT
2008 Specialized SX Trail
2010 Knolly Podium
2011 Specialized Pitch
2014 Nox Cyclocross
2018 Bombtrack EXT-C
2021 Giant Trance X
2022 Orbea Rise
2023 Banshee Titan
2024 Specialized Kenevo SL
2024 Specialized Vado SL
2026 Velduro Rogue
I made a list of my bikes during covid to reminisce about the various bikes I had. I was definitely too into the tech and wanting the 'new things', but now I've held on to my current bike for almost seven years with pretty minimal modifications. This doesn't include a few BMX bikes (2) I had earlier, my drop-bar bikes (5), and commuters (3). I never owned more than two mountain bikes at a time, and if I did it was generally for a short period as I bought one and sold that last.
My first bike was a Canadian Tire special, but it had a glossy orange frame and a sparkling blue seat. It was rad.
The first 'real' bike I had was a Trek 4300. Totally fine given the abuse that was doled out to it.
The first bike I bought with my money was a Norco Manik, back when it had a Marzocchi Z1 drop-off dual crown. I hucked a lot of (small) stairs on that thing. Hayes 9, og Saint cranks, but so many problems with brakes/suspension.
Everyone was buying full suspension bikes, so I bought Banshee Wildcard frame off of PB from someone out West. I still 'needed' a DJ/park bike, so I also had a Giant STP in the signature Jeff Lenosky colourway. The latter was one bike I will regret selling forever.
I briefly had an Ibis Mojo HD. It was the most I had spent on a bike and my first carbon bike, but my god was that thing short. I think the reach on my 'Large' frame was 400mm? It also came with carbon wheels, which I destroyed the rear of riding downhill. It was definitely a 'dream' build with Hope brakes, Chromag bar/stem, SRAM X01.
That was the start of the transition into 'trail' riding (as opposed to just messing around and building dirt jumps) so I bought a Trek Stache 29 from a local shop. Pretty fun and my first bike I was doing group rides with.
Somewhere around here after selling the STP, I wanted a DJ bike again and bought a Blk Mrkt Mob. That was also a pretty rad bike which I kept for a decade or so before realizing I had not ridden it in 2 years, and probably only had done so a handful of times in the preceding 3. It still hurts a bit to not have some sort of DJ bike, but I'm just not that into that style of riding anymore and I'm too anxious/cautious while riding to develop my skills on those bikes anymore.
I got a rad deal on a Trek Remedy in the pseudo gulf livery, which looked awesome. I took that bike out to Whistler as a post-grad celebration. I crashed on that a lot.
I really shed my dirt jump origins (not that I was/am any good at it) when I got a Trek Stache 29+. I was fully committed to trail/XC riding and wanted something lighter/more efficient than the full suspension. 29+ was actually pretty good, but I started riding a bit more aggressively and wanted full suspension (again).
I bought an aluminum Fuel EX in 2017 or so, and after a few years my friend bought it off of me and I replaced it with my current carbon 2020 Fuel EX. Every time I see a new bike and think 'wow, that looks/sounds awesome!' I go compare my bike's geo/build/weight against the 'new-new' and realize it's really not that far off. I could have slightly more reach, a bit slacker head angle, steeper seat tube angle, better suspension curve/rear shock... but then I realize my bike isn't holding me back and hasn't in years. I head out for a ride and forget about all the new tech as I'm focussed on having fun and enjoying the trails.
I guess that means I've bought exactly 20 bikes. Interesting.
Old.
Demo 8 - 2005 era
Transition blindside v2 I believe.
Transition Tr250
Transition TR450 v1
Cove hooker (slope version)
Deity cryptkeeper in black
Deity cryptkeeper in white
Devinci spartan v1
Transition patrol carbon v1
Transition patrol carbon v2
Gt fury (aluminum just before they went hp)
Transition tr11 carbon v1
Currently
Transition TR11 carbon v2
Reeb squeeb (last of the aluminum with custom geo)
Intense m1 2025
97 GT LTS
98 plastic GT Lobo
00 aluminum GT Lobo
01 GT DHi
'22 GT Force Carbon
03 Orange 222/223
Azonic DS1
Iron Horse Sinister
Iron Horse Sunday x2
Iron Horse SGS
Cannondale Chase
Cannondale SIX13
Jamis Kromo
Evil Imperial
Evil Insurgent v1
Karpiel Disco Volante
Trek Session (Neethling's frame)
Banshee Spitfire
'15 Giant Glory
'13 Specialized Demo 8
Transition Spire
I'm sure I'm forgetting some. Most are hanging in my garage.
The evil imperial was a dream rig back in the day!
I still have it with a 1.5 steerer sherman jumper on it. I take it to the pumptrack all the time haha
The actual mountain bikes: (Planet X Bommer, Santa Cruz Nomad (v1.5), Canfield Riot, Rocky Mountain Slayer, RAAW Madonna, Pipedream Sirius, Forbidden Dreadnought (park build))
The dirt jumpers (Blk Mrkt Riot, Endless Lifetime, NS Capital, Norco 125, Transition PBJ)
way too many and still not enough - there have been and are so many cool bikes out there.
past (probably forgot a few...):
Kettler ATB
Scott Pro Racing
Proflex 852
GT iDrive
3 x GT Zaskar
GT Bravado
GT Zaskar Anniversary
3 x GT Xizang
GT Psyclone
GT LTS
Duratec Sendic F12
Litespeed Kitsuma
Litespeed Niota
Lynskey 29er XC
Slingshot
Moots Cinco
Quiring XC
Morati HC 1.1
Morati HC 1.2
Morati HC 1.3
Pipedream Nevis
Nicolai Helius FR
On One 456 Ti
Nicolai Helius AC
Kingdom El Brigante Ti prototype
GT Brian Lopes
Last FFWD
Last Glen
Sour SRD prototype
Sour Double Choc
Salsa Woodsmoke
Surly Krampus
Singular Swift
Phil Wood PissOff
Specialized Big Hit 2009
Ibis Ripmo
Niner WFO V1
Niner WFO V2
Sobre Dad
current rides:
Velouria Sober
Velouria Even Flow
Sour Cowboy Cookie
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