Ditto on that one. Been pretty impressed with the Giant one - and pricewise relative to what you get, it's the best telescoping post going.

To get the c-clip off in Step 5 - check out the following video from Rock Shox: (It takes patience the first time!!!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Xd4BQ2ghE

Great tutorial! For those of you who have the c-clip holding on the rebound knobs - Step 5 will teach you the meaning of patience! That thing is a bitch to get off the first time!! Check this Rock Shox video around the 45s mark: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Xd4BQ2ghE

Slick Honey is another good product. Watch out which lithium grease you use - some of the automotive stuff is too sticky and your fork will have tons of stiction!

The guy who builds Rat Racks is simply awesome. Great customer service, custom design if necessary, and totally supports the bike scene in Alberta. An example of cottage industry skills making it happen. Go Rat Racks!

There are these things attached to our torso called "arms", and halfway down our "arms" are these things called "elbows". Elbows bend and straighten which allow us to control the amount of flex. For those of us who know how to use "arms" and "elbows", I really wonder if we need a standard to compensate for bar deflection. I agree with Rucker61.

somemorestuff - that is a sweet setup on your Faith there. Quick question - does your totem have a tapered steerer tube? If so, are you swapping out the bottom headset cup everytime you decide to run your 888's? I'm guessing your 888's have a 1 1/8" steer tube. Thanks for the pic of Sorge's bike DARKSTAR63!

Thanks spaced, rzalewski6 and infiltrator for the replies! You're right Infiltrator, I did some googling, and the a2c for a totem is 565mm and a boxxer is 568mm - essentially no change to the head angle. Been contemplating swapping out the Totem Solo Air for a Boxxer team - hoping for some better small bump compliance.

Ditto snoloco - I've got the medium 2010 Faith 0, and I'm around 37lbs with pedals. Love it.