Okay, so stiff bars and stem paired up with an aluminum frame. How's that treating me? Honestly a bit rough. I hadn't given my steel raleigh 29er as much credit as it was due. The Rockhopper doesn't have nearly as comfortable of a ride in the rocks. It does put the power down darn snappy though and I do like the more aggressive geometry. Still worlds more compliant than a SC Chameleon in the rough stuff though, so I can't complain too much. I had also taken for granted how lazy the Heckler lets me be. On the hardtail I am reminded quite often to lighten up on the saddle when rolling rocks and roots that I would normally just plow through.

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Texting harassment arrest A male juvenile from Oak Park was arrested for harassment by electronic communications of two victims in the 600 block of S. Scoville and the 1100 block of S. Clarence on Sept. David Kindler, a former president of the Oak Park park board, reported that neighbors in the east end of the village had been complaining that, "someone has been walking around the neighborhood with loppers/shears and cutting tree branches and... Kindler posted on his neighborhood blog that, "In many cases they are parkway trees and otherwise well-trimmed plants that are barely over the sidewalk and being mutilated by this individual. Oak Park police Cmdr. LaDon Reynolds said police have not received any reports of the vigilante pruner to his knowledge. " According to Kindler, plantings on three properties north of Madison on Pleasant and Humphrey had been vandalized. " Kindler urged residents to call their local beat officer or the Forestry Department. 27 and stated he had a gun and would use it if the victim did not turn over valuables.

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