As it turns out through an incredible stroke of luck, I won't be needing to worry about riding my bike in the rain. Through some miracle my truck survived and it runs like it never even happened. I will be taking a few more preventative steps on my own but it looks like it will be fine. I have to give GM credit for building a winner. With the way it happened I thought it had a one in a million chance of surviving without a bent rod, and it pulled through.

That being said, I've been relying on the Denali a lot the past couple of days, including today to go pick up my truck. It's held through just fine too. So here's the end of week report.

Did encounter a problem though. Past couple of days my front brake has been tightening itself. Really weird, considering how I couldn't see how that would be physically possible. I kept having to let more and more cable out.

Then today I got on my bike and noticed that the left brake hood was significantly lower on the bar than the right. I guess it had happened so slowly that I didn't notice before. Pushed it back into position for the ride and the brake loosened up. Made some adjustments and went on my way. Guess I'll have to remove the tape and tighten it down good. This was the stock brake lever.

Other than that, no problems. 650 miles on the bike.
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