I guess I am amazed at everybody's bike build and choices...I tend to look from a racing perspective while others for work and different...the chiner world is such a great place to express and such.

Yep, that's what's so awesome about the Chiner emergence. All of a sudden everybody has more custom built bikes. Not only is it more rewarding to own a bike you cherry picked the components for and built up yourself, but it's also interesting and fun to follow along on other's builds - rather than just seeing pics of the bikes they just picked up from the lbs. All of this is only the opinion of one man, of course.

Bugger 

You still have time to fix it. Contest doesn't end til midnight tonight.

You, my friend, missed the rules twice. Lol.

^ How difficult is it to install that Beers EBB? And does it require special maintenance, or anything like that?

Everything is pretty much covered. All I will add is that Orange Sealant is def better than Stan's and that you should definitely check out the Maxxis tubeless ready 2.35 Ikons with exo wall protection. I've run lots of tires and these are the best combo of light weight, grip, cushion, and durability that you can get imo. If you need a really meaty/grippy tire, then maybe they aren't for you but for most trails they are plenty knobby enough.