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Fair enough, you could go for the VVC Grip2 damper as an upgrade. I'm running an air spring still but it's set up to be really plush in the first part of the travel.

What model Fox fork is it? Have you tried adding volume spacers to help with small bumps? With the shock it looks like you'll be limited to an air shock without a piggy back resevoir on that style frame. Personally I'd be pushing for a refund if they can't fix the issues in a reasonable...

Let me know when you're heading up and I'll try show you the best bits if you want a bit of a guide round. If you're staying over for a weekend also check out Kilburn (white horse), some of the best trails in North Yorks!

Yeah it's a job I've always left for the pro's. It doesn't look too overly complicated but I'd want to be trying out on a knackered shock first. Some pretty good info here if you want to learn more about it:

CL means it comes with a light compression tune (CM would be medium, CF firm) LRL I assume is a light low speed rebound tune. Rezi A F F is the resevoir base valve assembly. You might find that this is too light for what you want. To change the tune you will need to re-valve the shock.

Yeah foxgloves trail (from 4:00) has some pretty steep tight turns, add in a bit of grease and it's quite tricky to make it down in one piece! Dalby is great though, has a huge network of hidden gems!

My local, sounds like you had fun on the offpiste! :D

You should be able to press it in straight, the bearings will be parallel with each other on the inside face, you will need to set you press up as the sketch I posted above (if there is room to fit your press in). Don't try to press both bearings in at the same time, do one at a time.

What's stopping you from pressing both bearings from the inside out?

Can you put the threaded bar of your press through both bearings and press from the inside out? So both press handles are between each side of the chainstay? On the side you are pressing in you'll need to remove one of the handles and turn it just using one (unscrewing to let it pass the brace...

A full service is a full strip down of the fork, replacing seals and oil and rebuilding. Custom tuning is also offered as an extra by most companies. From sprung suspension:

That is for a full service, not just lowers.

It's not actually a bad price for a shop including tyres. Most of these can be easily done yourself with a track pump, tyre levers and basic tools though. Especially fitting new tyres, this is easy and a skill you really need to have incase you have issues out on the trail. This is usually the...

Stamps come in small (100x100mm) or large (111x114mm). The number is the model (11 being the priciest)

Crank Brothers Stamp pedals look pretty decent and come in bigger sizes.

The inner tube should press out of the bearings, then you will need a blind bearing puller or similar to get the bearings out.

Have you checked the geometry chart? My XL has a 500mm seatpost. Assuming you will fit a dropper post them you'd probably have another ~70mm to the top of the saddle.

Mondraker Level - 180/170mm Stiff and planted. Feels like a heavy DH bike

It's a good point but it should be a fairly major consideration. I have 2 friends with 2.5 year old Shimano E8000 motors. They can only really get 2500ft of climbing out of a 504Wh battery riding eco/trail now, they've degraded so much in that time. Shimano won't provide spare parts so you...

Did they run diagnostics? We use a service centre and they've always run a report, sent report off to Bosch/Madison and a new motor was posted out to the shop. These were all failures, but the report would usually find many more errors than what might come up on your display. Might be worth a try.