What to upgrade?

flashbax
flashbax Posts: 52
edited May 2009 in MTB buying advice
Ok so i've got a bike sorted at the very maximum my budget would allow. Its a scott aspet 20 2009. So given time i'm going to be saving for up-grades, looking at what i'm going to be using the bike for ,mostly tracks like Llandegla, Hayfield peak district, maybe scotland if i get a chance. Whats going to be the first thing you guys would look to for some good kit at a good price. I know the forks would prob be first, maybe the wheels but i've spent hours looking at raceface and all the other names and it makes my head spin..

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    what ever breaks first.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • ExeterSimon
    ExeterSimon Posts: 830
    If you're looking to upgrade the wheels and forks already did you get the right bike?
    Whyte 905 (2009)
    Trek 1.5 (2009)
    Specialized Stumpjumper FSR Comp (2007)
  • flashbax
    flashbax Posts: 52
    I'm not i'm saving up to, the bike i got was pretty much all i could afford. It was originally a GT avalanche 1.0 but it was sold out and they could not source one until aug, the shop said the scott was pretty much the best bet and a very close match spec wise to the GT. I'm looking at a few mths yet going to do some of the easyer runs first getting back into it then hit some black runs. I dont have a few grand to chuck at a bike to get the best spec gear and not worry about it failing on me after a few hard mths on the trails...I only really wanted to see what gear u folks change and what names popped up most..
  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    Anything which annoys you. Some parts of the bike are just personal taste so pedals, bars, grips and saddles are prime changes.
    Uncompromising extremist
  • mountainroadie
    mountainroadie Posts: 244
    Northwind wrote:
    Anything which annoys you. Some parts of the bike are just personal taste so pedals, bars, grips and saddles are prime changes.


    +1
  • flashbax
    flashbax Posts: 52
    Thats the stuff i'm looking into now. The list of makes, models,sizes is endless carbon fiber raisers seem to be a good up-grade but need to get on the bike and see how it fits..

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