Cheers man,
Im deffo going for a sram pc951 chain. never had any problems there.
Now ive got a shimano xt shadow mech, so hoping it should live up to the hype.
Shimano Deore HG61 seems like a good cheap cassette.
Next thing on my list is forks. The DJ3's are a little out of there depth for all mountain riding. They do the job but the lack of damping means there not ideal. Hopefully going to get some rockshox pikes when the bank allows. My next question is, i went into my bike shop to have a look at some pikes (Just looking, i cant afford new!), and they laughed at me when i said they would be going onto a carrera kraken. Ok yes its a carrera, but ive had the frame for best part of 4 years and its been through shit loads of punishment and never moaned about it. Even road gaps and drops and she still lives on. I think there point was the forks ae worth more than the frame, but surely i could run the forks on it and in the future change the frame with ease and ive got a decent bike? If that made sence.
max