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Yeah it was fine with 24". I used to run my trials wheels (Wide-ass Tioga rim + 2.5" Maxxis) with no issues.

Lokoxx, the fact that the rest of your post was so perfect that no one even realised you were foreign should tell you that you don't need to worry about your spelling. Impressive for sure.

Yeah that's all I was able to fit in, although it's a bit weird and some tyres will fit better because of shape rather than actual volume. This is for 26" wheels, right? For 24 there's loads of room.

I've got a Trailstar. It's currently got 100mm DJ3s on it but for a while I had my Pikes which are adjustable from 100 - 140 mm. 100 feels nice, quite snappy handling and great fun through twisty stuff, but it gets overwhelmed by steep stuff and big rocks. With the forks wound out to 140mm it's a completely different beast though, it feels like it'll take anything. Of course it probably won't, it'll just snap at the headtube if I use it like that for any length of time They're nice frames, feel spingy like all steel hardtails should. So I imagine with 90mm it would be on the low end of what you'd want. Somewhere around 120 would probably be nice medium. They're quite small though - Even with the seat fully up (420 mm post) it's not big enough for me really. Also mine's got really small chainstays, max tyre is like 1.9". That's a fairly big annoyance if you're planning on using it as a serious XC bike really!

I'm just a bit grumpy because I've realised I've been riding bikes way too long. Apparently it's 15 years since the death of JMC. I remember reading about that in MBUK. Fif. Teen. Years.

Sounds like a good choice

I'm sure this is 3rd-hand information but yeah:

"Entitled to" is a funny phrase. If he went to court and told the truth (how he'd been out riding since the accident) they'd laugh him out the door. Compensation is just that - to compensate you for time or work lost / disability (E.g. an injury that will stop you earning) or chronic problems. Since he has none of these, he'll have to bend the truth a lot to get any sympathy. This is not "money [he's] perfectly legally entitled too" at all - it's money that he'd have to lie to get his hands on. P.S. Dann - if I've got some of the facts wrong, I apologise.

Mr Manual has covered that I think. If he's a young driver he's going to have a claim on his insurance anyway, which will put his premiums up. I don't know, but I doubt his premiums would be increased further by a lawsuit. The argument that "everyone is doing it, so I have a right, too" is stupid. An eye for an eye and the world is blind.

I don't know anything about what happened, but I completely agree with you, the driver that caused the crash should be held accountable. But sueing their insurance company for a few quid just because you can isn't going to affect the driver in the slightest, and it's immoral in my book.

Nice bike, but old? I don't think so.

Don't do it. It's just way too risky IMO. Best option (depending on the exact setup of your halls) is to keep it one of those bike bags that looks like a suitcase, and stash it under the bed. Usually you have to take the bars off which is a bit of an inconvenience but it's not too bad on a trials bike (as opposed to a commuter that you want to be able to use whenever. And like someone else said, if you're caught bringing it inside, it's "for repairs".

Have you missed work? Has this accident impacted your education? Any long-term ill-effects? If not, then don't claim. A sore neck a few days after a big accident is mostly normal and that's a risk you take when you get in a car. Fair enough if the accident has left you with long term problems, chronic pain or loss of earnings but otherwise, GTFO.

Real easy. At least, to change the bath oil it is. The spring / air mechanism and the damping can all be got at fairly simply as well, but you don't need to mess with that routinely. I do it with the forks still on bike, in workstand (forks pointing upwards at 45 degrees). Take the brake off, that's all you need to do. Tools: 5mm allen key Soft mallet / hammer + block of wood A clean rag Some new oil. Pull the rebound (red) adjuster out. Undo the bolts at the bottom of each leg a few turns. Give them both a medium-firm whack with mallet (this loosens the lowers/uppers press fit). Unscrew bolts all the way and pull the lowers off. Give everything a good clean. If you're feeling clever you can use isopropyl alcohol and clean everything perfectly, but I just go with a quick once-over with the rag. Refill with oil. 15ml of 15wt into each leg. I've been using 10wt because that's all I have. also works fine. The video below explains the best way to do this so the oil gets to the right places. Replace the bolts (don't overtighten!) and red adjuster. That's it. Have a watch of this video. It's for Boxxers but they're basically identical for this type of service. http://dirt.mpora.com/news/how-to-maintain-your-boxxer-forks.html The only thing to watch out for is that pressed into the inside base of the lowers, there's a little rubber donut-shaped disc to seal them. If you knock that out from position it's a bit of a pain to get it to sit back down where it should go. As far as I can work out, if you can't get it back you lose a tiny amount of oil over several months out of the bottom of the lowers. I ran mine for ages like this before I realised the problem. Doesn't seem to affect performance at all, mind.

I dunno. I service my Pikes / Boxxers (admittedly, completely different forks) all the time. Lowers off, clean and new oil. Takes 10 minutes with very basic tools. Popping the seals out would only add 2 minutes to that. Whereas to replace the bushings is a lot harder, uses more specialist tools, and if you don't really need to do it, I wouldn't bother. If there is significant play in the bushings, it's probably worth it as you say. But a lot of Marz forks come with a small amount of play as standard, so there may not actually be a problem there if you get me?

Do you need new bushes? Seals are easy to replace, bushes a bit more tricky (depends a lot on the fork I guess). If you're getting no major bushing problems I'd leave them alone personally.

Any Kona full sus bike is a bit like a Ford Fiesta 1.1i. Alright to drive / ride, probably pretty well-put together, good value. But it's not the kind of bike I'd get excited about.

Chain reaction used to have seals for virtually every fork made by Enduro bearings. Now they only have a couple of sets for random old forks (not yours). Like BJH says - it might be worth a call. BETD have some, don't know if they're the right size for you though. http://www.mountainbikecomponents.co.uk/items.asp?CategoryID=368&Name=Marzocchi+Fork+Seals Anyway, if you google Enduro fork seals you should be able to find them online somewhere. They claim to be better than OEM seals which I don't know about, but they're not really more expensive. Otherwise, see if your LBS can order some in from the distributors.

Yep - I've done it on my 16Gb iPhone 4 running 4.0.1 and my friend's 32Gb one too. No problems at all - just make sure you're on wifi as it can take a while otherwise. But I was amazed by how easy it all was.

Have a look here: http://www.mbwales.com/ Afan would seem the closest one to where you are. No idea whether it's any good though.

Oh come on! "Everything I have at the moment" - You mean your own flat and an iPad? I would hope that most people on here have loftier ambitions than that. I'm glad you're happy with your life, but this (ironic?) smug way you lord it over the rest of us as if you're just way more awesome is lame.

The term "proudest achievement" is really grating on me. It's not the achievement that's proud. That's all.

That was good - you don't often see people doing lines any more, especially on a 20".

That seems to be a fairly non-specific "can't connect to the internet" error. If everything else is sorted (all plugged in / wifi password correct etc) then it may well be that you need to do some port forwarding. Try this link: http://portforward.com/

What is it? A Trance? It's a nice bike anyway - my girlfriend has a Trance and she loves it, they just seem like brilliant value bikes. Have fun!