New bike: My plan has been to ride this one into the ground, but I've been looking into my next. What's the consensus on shocks? Frame size? My intuitive tendency is toward staying with 26" for the universality. And what quality is special about a "new mountain bike", that's "superior" to this one?
I found the box to one of my newest tires. It understandably doesn't specify the width, but rather a range of widths that may be contained within (down to 1.75", I think). Was thinking of maybe the narrowest A/T tires I can find? Or a "Hybrid" type?