It's been awhile...

Yeah it's been awhile since my last post, I think which mentioned my smart purchase of that TransAm 29er. I love that bike! I bought it pretty much stock, with a nice fork upgrade since I was using my own wheels. The things I changed:

• Handlebars were 5" wider than my current bars were. I threw a Salsa ProMoto on there that I had, sweet! Only change I would make there would be to go carbon, when I can afford it. 
• Thudbuster. I bought the correct size, so I don't need shims. I hate shimmage. And now I have a new Thudbuster!
• Went back to 1-by.  I couldn't accept having two shifters again. I removed the FD and replaced the 38/24 'rings with one 34T Raceface Narrow/Wide. The chain hasn't even thought of falling off, although I still have the bashguard only because I need shorter chainring bolts....
• Saddle. Swapped out the decent stock one for my old standby, the WTB Rocket V.

Other than that, the brakes, stem, RD and shifter are stock. I mighta saved a few $ building it up, but then again maybe not. The fork is worth much more than the frame, and the Fox ctd etc etc with Kashima Sushimi Ryuchi Sakamoto coating does NOT come with the stock bike.
The paint is super durable. Every time I hear a rock kick up and whack the frame, I look for a scratch or something. NOTHING, so far!
I guess you could say I'm very happy with the bike!