The time has come- bought a new bike!

Well best all round tyre for what you said would be the Maxxis High Roller , they have a ramped centre tread for less rolling resistance and knobbly side bits for corner grip and mud plugging . As far as seat height goes , the best way to set it is put the Heel of your foot on the pedal with the crank at it`s lowest point and adjust the seat height , this will give you your optimum setting for your comfort level with your right leg

[northwind]

Been out for a longer ride up in the hills with a much more experienced mate today, and noticed one big issue, it has bugger all mud clearance... And the first thing that the mud on the back hits is the front mech, which filled with sludge then ground it into the chain, so after no time at all it stopped shifting cleanly. I really like riding in mud so that's not so good (I'm that idiot that always dives directly for the sticky stuff even when there's a path around), but I should be able to work around it or bodge up some protection I think. I've no idea if this is common or not but it's a pretty horrible design. Oh, and the wellco pedals are ****, just horrible, I like flats but these have no grip at all. But that's an easy fix.

Still, had an absolute hoot, did get very wet feet crossing a river and nearly backflipped it off a climb that was sharper than it looked, and I had to hose myself down before I was allowed in the house But managed not to significantly hurt myself so that's all good really.

Thanks for the tips xXBadgerXx, I might need to check those out. I was trying to avoid new tyres but, well, I like buying myself presents

[yorkie_chris]

Is that just so you have somewhere to put that other GSXR caliper and disc?

are those wavy discs?

[northwind]

Yep Supposedly they do actually help on pushbikes, for mud clearing, but I'm not all that convinced really. Mountain bikes are just as susceptible to nonsense as motorbikes