Dude you just are 4 words H-E-R-O!!! you has a hard road to ride but just seeing you it looks like it will be demolished by your spirit. Also is nice see big companies sponsoring these guys that are more motivated and without limits to do what we love, ride our bikes, big HURRAS to these guys and sponsors. Keep going forward dude!

Well I have two ideas to pick from the list above, but one product is missing. Like many guys say that the X-Fusion shocks are great, I can say the same about the adj post from X-Fusion, the Hilo. I owned Gravity Droppers (the best over all the posts), the Crank Brother Joplin (well, but not the best) and now the X-Fusion Hilo, it works great, not any lateral play, come with the two setups of levers to allow you choose and manufacturing is top of any. Only a small lack of speed at the last half inch when going up, but for the rest it´s amazing and at a lower price. The other is about the 1x10 set up, prevously my Yeti ASR7 came with the 36-24 front and 9v11-34 rear, it improved my strength to push such bike in step hills were I ride normally, it was very good in ratio/speed going up and going down. Now with the Ibis HD I would make the experiment, so I took and e13 33T and 34T chainrings to try each and choose the best for my riding zone. With the 34T was fine but the 36T in the back doesn´t made a big improvement from my 2x9 set up, so when I installed the 33T all the things changed, I can say that to come back to 2 chainrings setup for me will be hard, I will stick to buy some different sizes for the chainring and swap depending to the riding zone. It allow you reduce cables (not a big problem for me), you can save money if you are going custom building, more bling parts due colors and manufacturers designs and also you can play with your seatpost lever positions, I don´t know why this part still the Achiles hell of all the manufacturers to do a nice and friendly when need to push it.

well I have my point of view, SRAM chains work and last a loooot more than Shimano, even XTR, I has been using them years and years, never broke one. Shifters, X9 is over all the brands and models, X0 is a X9 shifter but more fragile, need more maint, X9 is more robust in the parts and can hold more abuse, shifting is exact, you push the lever and the chain go in one jump, no jumping chain like Shimano, I has been using a X9 set up for more than a year without need of change cables or adjustment like my old Shimanos. In the back of my bike X9 again, some friends of mine gotX0 because is the top of the line (before xx) and the equipment tend to wear more fast than the X9 even XTR, so I decided to go 1 level below and like I told, no problems in years. Brakes, well Shimano previous generations are not a very good reference, but after Juicies 7 and Ultimate that I used, I think the Elixir are loosing in some parts. My Elixirs has been rebuild many times because wore parts than any brake before, even the paint is a crap, with sweat and bleeding (even well cleaned after it) it came off like flakes, the calipers has been in parts several parts because the piston seals are crap also. So my experience, X9 drivetrain is perfect, elixirs no way.

strong, focused and never give up style woman...also bautiful!!!!...the best for you Tara!

I had a pair of them, the had a good grip and looks nice, the yellow ones (in my own experience) lost the color fast with the sun.