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Thanks for the input everyone, I did a tour around my neighborhood and got my suspension dialed in a bit better.  We just moved to BC and had another crotchgoblin so money is tight right now, I am going to ride it as is and save up for a new ride. I am however splurging on a new seat as the old one is pretty horrific on my delicate under-bits.

Thanks again!

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Posted by: Hepcat

Yup!

Jumped on an RM7 the other day, felt like Calvin pretending to be a T-Rex. Forgot how nice long travel coil sprung suspension can be.

7" of travel up down & side to side !

But seriously OP I think the bikes, the riding and the trails have changed a lot in 10 yars, so ride what you got until you can figure out what you want next, the bigger wheels are a big thing

I remember switching to a 26" rear wheel on my old super 8 being a huge change so the thought of going even bigger weirds me out. plus these fancy auto adjusting seats and electric assist downhill bikes, feels like I need to start yelling at kids to get off my lawn.

yeah with bigger wheels/longer WB I wondered if I could actualy get a 29 around them modern nicely manicured banked switchback turns but my worries were completely unfounded,  instead of having to pick lines I can just ride faster over everything, the 1x narrow wide never drops chains, the brakes are better, better suspension everything is just better and more expensive

And on that note you might want carbon but not sure you need it

and If you buy an E-bike you will have Lee yelling at you

"Need it" has never really factored into my purchase decisions haha.  Now I know what an E-bike is, Lee need not worry, I will be yelling "get off my lawn" on that one.

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Finding a straight tube LT single crown could also be an issue.  

Start riding the VP Free and if you get back into riding your next bike will likely find you.

I have noticed that, buying a used fork that is more than 5 years old scares me a bit.

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Posted by: Hepcat

Yup!

Jumped on an RM7 the other day, felt like Calvin pretending to be a T-Rex. Forgot how nice long travel coil sprung suspension can be.

7" of travel up down & side to side !

But seriously OP I think the bikes, the riding and the trails have changed a lot in 10 yars, so ride what you got until you can figure out what you want next, the bigger wheels are a big thing

I remember switching to a 26" rear wheel on my old super 8 being a huge change so the thought of going even bigger weirds me out. plus these fancy auto adjusting seats and electric assist downhill bikes, feels like I need to start yelling at kids to get off my lawn.

The only issue with using the bike as is being that I am about 40 pounds heavier than I was when I rode this on the regular. Finding a set of heavy springs for the Super T to replace the medium ones I think are in it currently might be a bit tough.  Will see what I can find though as I do love this bike and as mentioned it is not worth anything anymore.

I am looking at getting back into riding after breaking my back over 10 years ago. I have kept my old bike \( 2004 Santa Cruz VP-Free with a 2003 Marzocchi Super T \) and it is dialed in to exactly how I wanted it for my old riding style. The bike has sat basically unused for the past 10 years and I have kept up maintenance on it so I have no concerns about the frame failing.

Overall the only thing I need to change out is the fork as that has taken a beating and I don't need anything that beefy as I won't be doing anything that intense anymore. Is it worthwhile to just get a single crown and adjust the geometry on my existing bike or has mountain bike technology progressed enough that it is more worthwhile to get a newer lower end bike and just keep the vpfree around for posterity?

Thanks for any suggestions

I normally work out of Bow Tower downtown Calgary, the scale of this is hard to understand without seeing it. I have friends and family that have lost everything and very little will be covered by insurence. I have been working the eoc at work all weekend and will continue into this week, so tired and feeling beaten down.

If the laptop came with windows you already have a license key for it and buying a new one is a waste of money. Turn the computer on and start hitting F11 (I believe) to start recovery manager, that will reinstall windows from the recovery partition on your drive. You can also just use the correct type of windows install disk and just use the key from the bottom of your laptop.
I think HP laptops also come with a disk checker and ram testing tool, probably in the same F11 screen. It is not fantastic but should give you an idea of if it is hardware based.
If the fan starts running up before you get a blue-screen then it is likely heat related but not a busted fan. Try blowing the intake and exhaust ports out with a can of air.
Try running prime 95 along with a temp monitoring software (speedfan is what I used to use but it has been a while) letting it run to see if your fan is not ramping up correctly with temp gain.

HP laptops are not too bad, we probably have over 1500 of them in our environment and don't have too many issues.

I think the two of you need to get a room…and not the one please!

I disagree,we are having a 50 shades of grey type novel written before our very eyes!

out of the 12 I.T guys at work I am the only one who is not using one, I went with the galaxy tab 7.7. It was a hard choice but in the end the OLED screen and expandable storage won me over. I have tried their nexus 7s out and they are nice, very smooth and fast, nice to get the OS updates directly from Google too. The extra .7 inches on my tablet is surprisingly noticeable. I didn't need to worry about price as it was a gift from a client and I don't think you could go wrong with the nexus 7.