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E13 Sidekick rear hub and OChain... floatin. Charlie (practical an old soul by today's MTB standards now) summed it the best in his last sentence: it’s a great time to ride mountain bikes. So good to be alive and getting on any bike these days (compared to when we had to deal with elastomers, front deraileurs and cantilever brakes when I came into the scene...and URT as my first ever FS bike..sheesh)

This is a great question! UPCOMING ESSAY WARNING: I know I'm an outlier but, for me, getting a new bike is kinda the worst. For example, it takes me about 3-4 months to feel truly dialed on a new mountain bike. I can get any new bike feeling “rideable" pretty quickly, but I’m talking about getting the bike to fit like a glove to the point that riding it feels like second nature. "New bike day" requires tuning the bike's fit and suspension simultaneously, two parameters that affect each other. Not to mention that you’re pretty much guaranteed to need...