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Thanks for the feedback everyone. I went into Peddler’s and they made it sound like the Bronson and Hightower would be difficult to get. After further review, the Bronson seemed a little big for around here as well. Long story short, Cycle Progression had a T2 SB130 in stock, and I went with that: My feedback is mostly positive. Really, I’ve been quite blown away. The lack of bob when pedaling is very nice, and this bike takes big hits VERY well. I hit the 4-5 ft B-line drop to flat at the end of City and it felt super smooth. I was hoping you guys could help me out with the couple issues I’ve had: 1. I was told this would be the case, but the anti-squat makes technical climbs more difficult than expected on a 29er. I just feel like it’s much harder to keep traction. 2. Similar to the above, every little bump in the trail is more noticeable than on the diamondback, while the bigger hits feel quite smooth. As a result, it performs quite well at City, but not as well on Double Down. The videos I watched did warn against this, but I wasn’t sure if there was a way I could tweak the suspension to fix this.

Be careful on the paxlovid because there is a "rebound" for ~5-10% of the people. They basically get cured, they believe, and then on day 7 or so it comes back. If you are stopping it you may be more likely to get the rebound, so keep testing. There is talk that in the future they may do a 10-day regimen for paxlovid based on this because the 5-day regimen for some people. Anyway, take it easy and you will hopefully be fine.

The latest on the BOLT act from Bikepacking Roots:

I was hoping that photo of me would never surface again.

Interesting. Can you give me an example?

Congrats! IMHO, you're going to get more results from adapting riding technique rather than changing the suspension settings. That's just the characteristics of the suspension platform.

Most bike shops just crush and recycle several bike boxes every day. I'd ask them to put a few aside for you and you'll have more than enough of those. If have have another spare box, you can smuggle me out of Texas and I'll disappear into the woods.

https://abcbirds.org/program/cats-indoors/cats-and-birds/ https://abcbirds.org/threat/cats-and-other-invasives/ If they really care about the birds, they need to cull the feral cat population and outlaw outdoor cats. "Today, more than 100 million feral and outdoor cats function as an invasive species with enormous impacts. Every year in the United States, cats kill well over 1 billion birds. This stunning level of predation is unsustainable for many already-declining species like Least Tern and Wood Thrush."

The latest data on long covid is that it seems to hit both younger people and active people. The current thinking, for what it is worth, is that trying to jump back in and push yourself (which is something young people and athletes tend to do) is causing lots of downstream issues and long covid. Take it easy and do some reading. Trying to get back into it too early could be detrimental to your health.

Size 6 5 10s Freeview XVI My kids feet are double this now So would love to see them gone to happy feet