Thanks for the reply guys. I appreciate it.

I will never get into highly competative mountain biking......but I will get into novice racing and treat it competatively.

I was just curious about what I have in terms of equipment on the bike....in terms of upgrades I was considering at some point the front suspension and rims to switch over to disc brakes?

Perhaps more depending upon whats on clearance/christmas presents etc.....

As to buying a new bike? I'll pass until I break this frame. I'm not all that worried about sinking money into the bike as I purchased it just north of $100 used. I'm obviously not going to put the very top rated items on it but don't mind putting some cash into it.

The front rim doesn't have the markings on it saying it's double walled? Is there a way I can check myself to see easily?