New Bike or New Fork..Please Help!
ross_mcculloch
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I'm starting to get into XC mountain biking again but the RockShox Dart2 fork on my Giant XTC 4.5 is pretty poor. My bike isn't old at all and everything else on it is great, especially the frame and the sturdy MPH brakes.
So...
- Do I keep the bike and switch to a different fork? (If so which one that won't bust the budget of around £200: eBay seems to throw up tons of fork bargains)
OR
- Do I sell the bike and get a completely new model at around the £700 level?
So...
- Do I keep the bike and switch to a different fork? (If so which one that won't bust the budget of around £200: eBay seems to throw up tons of fork bargains)
OR
- Do I sell the bike and get a completely new model at around the £700 level?
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Lots of recommendations for these http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/?fn=produ ... egoryId=18
Are those disc brakes?My Ride Stumpjumper Expert 20080 -
Discs mate...is it worth spending the extra £30 on the disc only forks to save a tiny bit of weight?0
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They only have the disc model for sale now. Otherwise I guess not in weight terms, maybe for looks.My Ride Stumpjumper Expert 20080
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Definitely worth upgrading the XTC if you like it apart from the fork.
It's a good bike and the fork will make it much better.
I upgraded my wife's 2005 XTC 3 (or 4?) from the heavy Suntour fork that came on it to an old Sid and it was transformed. It'd be even better if I'd sprung for a Reba.0 -
XTC is a very good frame - an upgrade to reba would be worthwhile and save nearly 2lbs in weight!0
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The Reba is the one I've been looking at actually! Is there a particular model of Reba I should look out for?0
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Get the cheapest - they are just as good as the more expensive ones. Race or SL.0