yeah just given the shock a basic service and its running slightly better but... the holes that the shocks bolts go through are wrecked and it has a fair bit of play so its looking like its gonna cost me a fair bit to keep it on the road for more than a year or so

 ah that could prove a problem, maybe some washers to spread the load out? it's important to have washers between the pivot bolt and frame to stop the bolt cutting into the frame....if it comes to it im sure orange could fit/weld new mounts on for you..or maybe up the pivot bolt size and spacers?

 yeah i am currently using spacers

 if you can send me a couple of photo's i might be able to offer some better direction m8

 yeah it was a good ride for the trails just a little on the heavy side...
had some new upgrades but hadnt uploaded pics:
new narrow wide in orange to fit the color scheme better
new pedals as i thought i would try them out and i wanted them for the xc races my conclusion was they were great but the bike is way to heavy
new saddle as the old one was like sitting on a triangular piece of concrete