The Bishop, about as finished a bike it can (economically) be - the only major upgrade now would really be a new frame. Since last pictures she's got SLX cranks, an RSP dropper (brilliant BTW, well worth £80 and easy to service) a set of Stan's Flows on ibis/Novatec hubs (now tubeless running non-tubeless On-One Chunky Monkey 2.4" front and 2.35" Minion DHF rear with homebrew sealant) and a set of 2006 Marzocchi Drop-Off IIs, 150mm with 20mm axle,weighing about 2.7kgs (!!). They seem to get slated but I'm well happy with them over the Toras I had on before, easy to set up for my weight, much better damped and more responsive. The extra length slackens the HA out, and with the longer rake I have loads more confidence to go faster downhill. Losing weight off the wheels has made up for the gain in the dropper and forks - although it weighs around the same (just over 33lbs) it climbs and accelerates a lot better. Could get the weight down to under 30 I reckon but not cheaply, and why bother when I weigh around 210? Black on black Monarch would really finish it off but I can't justify the cost (to the wife...). Also the bottom bracket is still a bit higher than I would like, I'm using a shorter shock than stock and offset bushings but still could be a couple of cms lower - considering the idea of taking it to a frame builder and moving the front shock mount forward by 9mm or so (the back tyre still has a cm of clearance at full compression and doubt I'll go much bigger on the back than the 3.5" minion, but even if I did could then tune with bushings). However I'm a bit concerned that the front end may then be too slack, as well as the seatpost which already slacker than ideal I think. Haven't yet added up total cost of build as it is, but a rough estimate is around £800 - obviously I've spent more than that but I've been riding and adding to the bike for about a year and a half so that's to be expected. A couple of little bits to come include some composite pedals (probably Superstar) and a 10mm QR axle from same. Also going to put a (manually changed) 24t granny ring on for when I know I've got a long fireroad slog ahead - hard to justify a £100+ 42t expander given the lack of big hills around Watford, but am doing 'Ard Rock Enduro in a couple of weeks so will probably be thankful for a bit of extra gearage then. Also note the Ghostface hidden on the seattube.