Jesus!

Anyone any opinions on the Kona Kahuna 29er, looking at one, but not sure to get it or hold out and get a full sus cube next year after a bit more saving (and when new stock comes in). I am just not fully convinced I need a full sus in Ireland considering I've ridden most trails, all be it slowly, on a rigid.

Any opinions on a Vitus Sentier? Just for trail riding, nothing extreme

I've put in a bid, we will see how it goes. In a confusing family tale my daughters ex (all amicable) is letting me use his MTB. He knows nothing about it only his friend is big into MTBing and sold it to him about 3 years ago. I am terrified to see am I getting a deal of the century or a BSO. He is dropping it off in a fortnight.

Never heard of them and very little on Google. What are you looking at, the few I found looked like nothing of note, closer to heavy but functional town bikes rather than mountain bikes.

Boring story, rode my bike through a fairly deep seawater puddle a long time ago. Arrived to where I was going and there were shenanigans that I had to leave immediately in the car and never washed the bike down. A while later I return to a seized chain, cut it off, got distracted and never got back to it until this week. Went to fix her up for the commute, front brake pad disintegrated in my hand. Anyway, got it functional, put the wheels back on but overtightened the front, and then realised the valve is adonised and when i go to pump up the tyre, it snaps off. Go to take the front wheel back off and the thru axle completely rounds off smooth ( I will sort this out later, probably tap in a screwdriver). So I think to myself, I could just leave it and go straight to tubeless. Cut off the tube, get tubeless tape, tubeless tape doesn't stick on first attempt. Tyre pops into place and both sealant and fairy liquid coat the walls in fashion that implies the Hulk knocked one out. Tubeless tape does not hold a seal. Take it off, about to give up and bring to LBS to take off the wheel when I see a tube of Gorilla tape, my mind flashes back to my BMX, could it really work. Two rounds of Gorilla tape, a cup of sealant and we have a functioning wheel. Hooray, functional bike again.