Just put 26x1.5 tires on there Saturday. And yes there's a suspension fork, I think it's an older RockShox model with no lockout option. I thought about trying to rig something to keep the forks extended, like taking some PVC with ID that matches the suspension pistons, cutting in half lengthwise, and clamping each half around the piston. But for $50 I can get a length-correct CroMo rigid fork from Nashbar: http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product...28_-1___202440

I think the shocks are blown out anyway as they pretty much stay fully compressed while I ride. But then I can feel them extending and compressing if I stand and pump the pedals during a climb.

*edit* I added a link in my sig to the thread showing what I've done in the past few weeks.