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I actually had a 26" xfusion vengeance on my enduro, they used to come stock on the OG 26" specialized status. what's old is new again. It was a good coil fork, worked decent, didn't let me down ever and felt really well made for a cheap-ish fork.

@maestroman21: heres my take. 2003-ish I had an original Psylo that was good fun for about 1 day until the U-turn adjust stopped working and it started bleeding oil and then lost all rebound damping. Lasted less than 1 year until it was basically unrideable. At least it looked cool at the time. 2004-ish I had a manitou black that was solid until the travel adjust stopped working and then it got stuck in the compressed position. local shop said it was either unfixable or not worth fixing, that was after about a year 2006 ish I had a marzocchi drop off that lost all rebound damping after less than a year and turned into a heavy cool looking pogo stick 2008-ish had a manitou sherman that looked awesome, rode great, travel adjust and all then it just turned into a brick stuck in the compressed position after less than a year riding (bought it used) In the 'modern' era I've abused, and been unable to break a Lyrik, Pike, and 35 Gold. All going well past their regular service intervals without complaint and still running strong. So in short the early 2000's stuff was hot trash and the modern stuff works better, more reliable and does fine with minimal attention

big up dem whole island

I was a CamelBak loyalist for years and definitely benefited from the crash protection on my back but I have this ADHD thing when I'm just about to start a ride where I have to take out and put in small things like keys phone or lighter that I forgot or remembered and having a fanny pack so I don't have to unbuckle and take off the backpack helps save a lot of time ...zooop! Keys are tucked away let's roll

@skynyrdsinnyrds: I've ridden the xc trails, very fun and technical and the rocks are as sharp as everyone says.

There's none of the kenda cup Enduro races on here and no snow summit events, what's up with that? Gwinn moving to TN doesn't really affect the local scene though. There's been lots of new trail building in the last year and even a new bike park but nobody seems really excited about racing on the whole

Yes with 25 percent more stiffness at 0 psi than the previous model

What the hell is a golf putter