As was reported a few posts ago, my Redline was up in the stand with the entire drivetrain off, for a good cleaning. The paint isn't real pretty anymore, so I didn't take too much time to make it real shiny, but wiped the grime off and re-wrapped the driveside chainstay with electrical tape.
I replaced the chain and cassette, scrubbed the chainring and crank in the kitchen sink, got rid of all the jammed-in duff from the forest floor. Goes welll with the kitchen's earth-tones theme. Same with the derailleur, but I did notice that onea the pulleys has a crack all the way through to the bearing. So it may fall off someday while I'm riding down the trail. Until then, maybe Blackstone Bicycles will order me a new set for my next trip down south? Should be next week if everything works out. Need to service the 'ol Recon.

Other news is that I picked up a Reba from a guy in Providence yesterday. 80 bucks!... It's an '08, but 'like new' (so's my D460. 2008 was the last year they made them!). Really clean, not what my forks ever look like. Hardly a scratch, and apparently really not ridden much, as the guy took it off a new Voodoo build and replaced it with a rigid carbon fork. WHY anyone would do that, I don't understand. He explained to me briefly something about 'taking it on the chin' , but I guess that's never gonna be my riding style....
With any luck, we'll get pummeled with snow this weekend, I'll have Friday  off, and will get to installin the reba, and slappin on the snowshoes and havin fun!