To all you 29er's out there!

Despite what people would have you believe about carbon rigid forks, they really don't make much difference to vibration damping on proper off road...people like to justify the expense they've laid out by claiming they're so much more comfortable, but if you ride hard there really isn't much in it to be honest.
If you want more comfort with rigid forks you'll get a better result with a fatter front tyre than you will from running carbon forks.
Off road will almost always be bumpy unless you go with suspension, which takes away too much fun for me.

I agree with this^

Carbon forks are good at absorbing vibrations, but not so much bumps. Nice when riding your nobbly tyres on the road, on the way to the trail. But not a big difference when actually you get there.

What they are is light. Which is what you pay a bit extra for.

Finally had a chance to take the Spot out for a spin, now that the silly amounts of late snow are disapearing here. Very very happy with it. Great balance of responsive handling and stability, climbs well, and it decends pretty well too (need to get used to the brakes). Love the feel of the frame, plus, no toe overlap! The drivechain is something else. The belt performs well, but its the combination of it with the Hope trials hub, and the relatively long (and stiff) cranks, just feels so nice.

Its just a lot of fun really :)