Sorry to hear about the surgery. Nice looking machine I picked myself up a 2007 Kona Kula with lots of custom bits early 2012 when I first got into mountain biking, was living in Wicklow for a while and spent a LOT of time in Ballinastoe (great trail!!), I could be seen tearing down Bray head and around the Greystones area during that summer too... It wasn't till summer 2013 that I wanted to get something for the road to get to work and back here in Cork so picked up a new 2013 Cube Peloton Pro on the cycle to work scheme and couldn't believe how much faster a road bike is!!! It feels like floating rather than cycling in comparison.

Will post pics of both when I get home. Was itching to go mountain biking since last summer and with the weather finally getting better and days longer, will give ballyhoura a try as haven't been before. Would be cool to have a BMWHaus MTB day out