the bad news is that my front shock is toast... the rebound is totally messed up-non fucntional, "stacking" and just toast. a new fork (Fox or Marzocchi $600) is totally out of the question right now but I can get a factory rebuild for a decent price and the lbs guys swear it will be like new.

So, that means the Svelte Hawaiin is at the shop for however long it takes for the fork to go back to Rock Shock and come back.

The good news is that my good riding pal, I will call here kamikaze #2 just bought a new FS bike and her very nice titanium HT is a spare at the moment. And it fits me! And she's going to let me use it! I will hug her.

irulan