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Tyre pressure is good and they are 29 inch tyres so 30t ok but I do feel like I want a couple more gears when on the flat stuff. The Magic Mary is pretty beefy so I think that may be an issue. I just want be able to go faster but do appreciate the bike is very good in the mud and sticky stuff at the moment. I may go tubeless to reduce the weight and look to see if I can put another chain ring on as there seems to be space. Keep wondering if the Vitus Sentier would have been a better option for the fork. The suntour fork doesn’t feel amazing.
The Suntour fork is ok for the money - for the kind of bike you’ve bought I don’t think you’ll get better for £850.
Iirc on the thread you started I suggested the Voodoo Bizango would be better for the type of riding you’re doing now - but the Stoic will likely be better in the Surrey Hills etc when you start doing steeper / jumpier stuff.
If you have supertrail casing schwalbe tyres on there I’d consider changing at least the front magic Mary for something lighter. I’d stick on something like a Maxxis DHF on the front and DHR2 on the back. Both in Exo casing - make sure the front is the 3c compound (Max terra) but the back will roll quicker if you get the cheaper dual compound. In 29er and what you’re riding at present I’d probably get the 2.3” width ones.
I wouldn’t start changing stems and chopping your bars down as suggested above - I don’t really see that helping the feel and you might regret it when you do harder stuff.