In March 2007, I cashed in 2 years worth of REI dividend and bought myself a new mountain bike. I bought a 2006 Marin East Peak XC mountain bike.

Specs on my mountain bike

In February 2009, I sent my Fox Float R rear shock to Push Industries and had them rebuild it with their "Factory Tuning" option. This made a huge difference in the performance of the shock and I really like how it performs now.