New Bike day

The bike arrived and unpacking and assembly started, 45 minutes later it was together and ready to go.
I left the house on a short shakedown and set up ride, a few minor tweaks to bar and saddle position and it was good to go.
As I stopped to see a friend he noticed a small drop of oil at the back of the bike, a quick examination later and I found the source, the rear hydraulic hose had a small cut in it.
The cut lined up with some damage on the box due to transport, I reached for the phone and rand the warranty department at MTB MONSTER.
A new brake was dispatched and the waiting started again.

New Toy Ragley Marley 2.0

As this year's c2w came around I started looking at hardcore hardtails, after several hours of research and a budget of £1000 I narrowed it down to 2 bikes, a Nukeproof Scout or a Ragley Marley.
My criteria was
Slack head angle, 65° should do it
130mm of fork travel
Shortest possible chain stays
1 x drive train
And a long reach
Both bikes fitted the bill, the Ragley was available within a couple of weeks, the Nukeproof had a 3 month waiting list, so me being impatient I orded the Ragley.
And sat back and waited.