Well, I finished building my ride again from scratch. I bought a 2005 Fisher HKEK last year, upgraded just about everything, bought a Jamis Dakar XLT frame, put the upgraded parts on the Jamis, and just finished building my Fisher again.

Okay, so it's not stock. It is has a 1x8 drivetrain, hollowtech crankset with BBG bashring, SRAM composite rear derailleur (cheapest I could find that still works okay), Panaracer Fire XC Pro Kevlar tires, ODI Lock-On grips, Chris King headset...there's something I'm leavin' out, I'm sure.

The frame is a ZR9000 alum with Rockshox Pilot SL fork with Motion Control Lockout. Bontrager cockpit. Avid FR-5 levers, with Shimano OEM V-brakes.

It weigh's barely sub-25 lbs. (I think) It feels really light, anyway. Stock, it weighed 27.3lbs, but now it's minus a front derailleur with cables, big ring, granny gear, heavy Bontrager Select Crankset and BB, Front shifter...and some other stuff.

So it freakin climbs like a goat and handles really well. The Genesis geometry is insane-fun. Manuals and wheelies are effortless with the short chainstay's, and climbing is wicked easy with the weight over the Booty.

It's just my beater now. I wanna try to find a cheap/lighter fork like a Manipoo Black Super Air, and maybe go with an X-7 drivetrain. Other than that, I love it to death.