Lets try this again using links to the photos:
My mountain bikes and their stories are:
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...y_Slayer50.jpg
My 2006 Rocky Mountain Slayer 50, still stock. Meant to do some light freeriding with it but still haven't done much with it besides ride the Firelanes around here.
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...2173_small.jpg
My 2003 Specialized Rockhopper. Has about 13,000 miles on it. Upgrades: new wheels to allow disk brakes, Avid Mechanical Disk brakes (BB7's 160mm rotors), New cassette. Wore the orginal wheels and cassette out two years ago. I put a new chain on every 1000 to 1500 miles so the cranks are still original. The front fork is on its way out as it has some corrosion on one stantion and is starting to leak oil. A good bike/frame. It makes a good commuter/errand bike.
Since I bought the Slayer the Rockhopper is my dedicated commuter/wet weather bike. Will probably replace the front fork with a good rigid fork later this year.
When I was running 26x2.125 tires on it the knobs on the tires would hit the chain stays and the chain stays were starting to wear through. Considering that what the bike came with, I consider the width of the chainstays to be a slight design flaw. The stock wheels were also spec'd with 15G spokes, and the spokes on the read wheel started to break after a year. Thus started the upgrade process.