Dang man, that sucks. Oh well, it will get better soon. Dude I think that drop that you are talk about is more of a roller, there is no tranny on it. Look at the landing, it seems a little sketchy. You can try it, but I don't recommend it. haha. If you get it though, film it, and I want to see the video haha.

Yeah just show me some pictures and I will tell you.

Dude don't waste your time on that drop after slalom. There's no landing or anything. If you want to practice on drops just go to the fire rode drop after slalom.

hey slab, just paint yo. and sketch, sketch at the beach. sketch what you see. go for a swim in the ocean for me too. i'm stuk in minus 25 degrees since november.

Yeah dude, it's all good. The group ride was decent, we didn't do to much, just Badlands. But yeah dude, watch out for your bike. Don't put your bike through to much, becuase the more you put on it now, the more problems it will get in the long-run.

So did you get the bike?

Yeah man, do you have pictures of it? It sounds like a good deal but, I need to see it tell you what you bang for buck is.

Well I guess if you like the bike, but you can not always go for the looks. You can always get a straight up freeride/downhill bike. There are a lot of Kona's Stinky's that you can find for fairly cheap and they are like 07 Models. Kona's are also really good climbers.
Here are a few:
http://www.pinkbike.com/buysell/383272/
http://www.pinkbike.com/buysell/363902/