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    Ridemonkey Secret Santa for 2023!

    Welcome, Monkeys, to the Ridemonkey Secret Santa for 2023! It's that time of year again! Given the continued flakiness with the US Postal Service, I am continuing last year's tradition where packages must be postmarked (not delivered) by Christmas Eve. As usual, monkeys in the US and Canada...
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    Ridemonkey Secret Santa for 2022!

    Welcome, Monkeys, to the Ridemonkey Secret Santa for 2022! Dearest fellow monkeys, as we find ourselves plowing headlong into the holiday season, I would like to take a moment to tell you all how much I enjoy this event every year. Participation and rules have changed over the years but this is...
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    Canadian monkeys... looking to stay in the Rockies for 5-6 months

    Just thought I'd post a thread. We decided on our remote working nomad excursion to head up to the Canadian Rockies for 5-6 months. We really loved our vacation there several years ago. We've been eying Canmore, BC and Golden, AB as bases if we can find a place, but would welcome other...
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    Ridemonkey Secret Santa for 2021!

    Welcome, Monkeys, to the Ridemonkey Secret Santa 2021: Coronavirus Is Forever edition. Please read the entire post, as some things have changed. Hello, monkey friends, it's that time of year again. The temperature dips, and we all start thinking about the holiday season. Gatherings with family...
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    Places to go in the Pacific Northwest?

    Last year, work converted me to a full-time remote position. We spent the summer and fall staying in AirBnbs in Whitefish, MT, Durango, CO and West Bumfuck, UT. We're thinking about heading to the Pacific Northwest for a few months, but are uncertain exactly where we should be going. Primary...
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    Ridemonkey Secret Santa 2020

    Welcome, Monkeys, to the Ridemonkey Secret Santa 2020: Coronavirus Edition. Please read the entire post, as some things have changed. Have you been a good boy or girl this year? Have you quarantined to the point that that you are indistinguishable from the hobos drinking wine out of bags under...
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    Colorado monkeys - suggested places to live?

    Pre-Coronavirus, I was given the thumbs up from my company to become a full-time remote employee. So Jenn and I are going to hit the road around the end of April/early May, and head west to park ourselves nearer to hiking and a climate that doesn't descend into the the seventh circle of Hell for...
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    Ridemonkey Secret Santa 2019

    Welcome, Monkeys, to the Ridemonkey Secret Santa 2019. Ho Ho Ho, merry Festivus! Santa says you've been a good enough boy or girl that you deserve a selection of microbrews with a side of federal shipping law violations! Enrollment will be open through the end of Thanksgiving week, and I'll...
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    Upgrade incoming! Duck and cover.

    All, Just a heads up that we're working through the testing and development of an upgrade to XenForo 2. This is a major version upgrade with many breaking changes, so we're currently figuring out how to port all the existing functionality. Unfortunately, the Reputation plugin has been out of...
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    The Annual Ridemonkey Secret Santa, v.2018

    Welcome, Monkeys, to the annual Ridemonkey Secret Santa, version 2018. Ho Ho Ho, merry Festivus! Santa says you've been a good enough boy or girl that you deserve a selection of microbrews with a side of federal shipping law violations! Enrollment will be open through the end of Thanksgiving...
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    Ridemonkey Secret Santa: 2017 edition!

    Welcome to the Ridemonkey Secret Santa thread for 2017. And thus begins the annual tradition of illegally shipping alcohol across state lines. Interested but don't know what to expect? Here are the last few years' threads with enrollment and photos of the awesome gifts everyone received...
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    A year abroad: my international adventure

    Last December, Jenn graduated with her doctorate, I quit my job, and we packed up the belongings that we didn't give to charity into a storage unit. We spent the holidays with family, and then boarded a one-way flight to New Zealand with a couple backpacks, a budget, and a promise to our...
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    Server upgrade... Post issues here

    The Ridemonkey server was just upgraded. Please post issues here. edit: search is re-enabled.
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    Attention, Downhill forum monkeys!

    I know the Secret Santa is usually a Lounge monkey thing, and there are some that wander back and forth, but the more people we get, the more fun the outcome is so I thought I'd post it over here. So, take a look at the past years' results (seriously, there's a ton of fun local swag that gets...
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    Ridemonkey Secret Santa for 2016!

    Welcome to the Ridemonkey Secret Santa thread for 2016. We'll kick this off a little earlier this year to give people more time to shop. The enrollment will be a little longer too, hopefully drumming up more interest. Interested but don't know what to expect? Here are the last two years'...
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    Ridemonkey Secret Santa 2015!

    Welcome to the Ridemonkey Secret Santa thread for 2015. We'll do a 1 week enrollment, so get your emails in by the end of next week and pairings will be sent the next day. Requirements: This is open to all Monkeys who have registered on RM by January 1st 2015. The minimum you need to...
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    Ridemonkey & Bikemag: Together at Last

    Most of you know that Ridemonkey and Bike Magazine are owned by the same company. We've had "official community of Bike Magazine" in the logo for a long time now. While it's a true statement, we've still kind of operated at a distance. Well, that's changing. Next week, we're going to move the...
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    %%% Tuesday Blizzard GMT %%%

    'morning monkeys. We've got a regular little blizzard going on down here. It snowed for all of, oh, maybe 30 minutes. Almost nothing stuck. Yet we got the "inclimate weather policy" from work recommending everyone work from home and the country schools are closed. Meh. Southerners.
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    Upgrade complete: details here. Please post feedback or problems.

    The upgrade is complete. Some notes: I permanently fixed the animated avatars by upgrading our image processing libraries. If you had an animated avatar and it's not animating, please re-upload it and I promise I won't make you do it again. I fixed a few manually that I knew were animated...
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    Ridemonkey Secret Santa 2014

    Since Konabumm beat me to the starting of the thread this weekend, I figured I'd just post it up now and get it started. Welcome to the Ridemonkey Secret Santa thread for 2014. I would like to mention that nobody forwarded photos of packaging last year, so there was no packaging prize. I'm...
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