Today I rode this...
Local MTB area closes tomorrow for hunting season and the place was packed. I rode past on the FG and decided to stop to check out the machines.
Mountain bikes are like wine to me. I don't know much about wine but I know what I like when I taste it. I don't know much about MTB but I know what looks good to my eye and this just looked nice. Guy was like, "You can ride it if you want" and just handed it to me - southern hospitality.
So I shouldn't have rode it. As someone else said in one of the threads, apparently I need this.