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I'm taking stock of some of the more prominent wins and losses for the last 3 to 6 months as I look to tweak my strategy in the coming months and build out my portfolio. I can only speak to the LP / MSO that I follow so was hoping that everyone else could chime in with their favorites. The goal being to better understand what companies are executing their strategies successfully and who isn't. Disclaimer - this list is all purely my opinion and analysis, take it for what it's worth.

WINNERS:

• Aphria 2.0: New Management, HC license, Very solid quarterly sales and margin given their cap and sheer volume of "coals in the fire". Got to be excited if your APHA long, no reason the

APDN got a pretty severe case of pumping and dumping. It's leveled off at $3 and looks like it might start gaining some upward momentum heading into earnings on 12/21. I've been long on the stock and my buy in is $3.2 averaged. Only legitimate bad news was a dilution of stock that knocked the price from $4 to $3. Any ideas on this? Any one else playing this yacht? Myself, I'm looking to hold into earnings then will adjust my trailing sell price accordingly.

I need to increase my speed and comfort on the more technical trails in my area (MD/PA/VA). I went out for my first longer distance technical ride and I struggled to keep speed on the singletrack and rocky areas. A few things are coming to mind that I should work with including larger front tires, lower pressure, flared bars for comfort, and better gearing for climbing. My setup is an off the shelf 09 Blue Carbon Norcross SL. Hutchinson Piranha 34's @50 PSI, and 36x28 lowest gearing. So, any suggestions on what to work with first?

edit: I'm running a SRAM rival rear derailleur and apex front and apex shifters

edit2: TIL that Derailleurs come in different sizes. Thanks Reddit, you just sav

So, I snapped the chain on my Rockhopper because of my own stupidity and several sticks getting lodged in my derailleur. Fix chain but in a hurry I forget to fully tighten up rear wheel. Rear wheel comes loose and gets bent, as well as rotor. Begin looking at $$$ of rims / wheelsets and decide to try getting it fixed. Take bike into LBS, in 45 minutes everything is fixed up and they even take care of a few other issues that I wasn't aware of. As I'm ready to check out, LBS guy say's the repairs are on the house since my bike was only a year old. I was so happy that I dropped $100 on some new tires/grips that I was originally going to order online.

It's also worth mentioning that the L