Do I go down the white components route?
tombarton
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Hi
I am getting this bike in the next few days
and I i am going to change to a wider bar and swap out the pedals. I am also thinking of changing the saddle. Question is: Do i go for white parts? If you could give me some opinions that would be great. And if anyone is good at photoshop could you make me a mock-up if you feel like it? Cheers
Tom
I am getting this bike in the next few days
and I i am going to change to a wider bar and swap out the pedals. I am also thinking of changing the saddle. Question is: Do i go for white parts? If you could give me some opinions that would be great. And if anyone is good at photoshop could you make me a mock-up if you feel like it? Cheers
Tom
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really? i want it to really stand out and i just love white components just can't decide. Stealth look v bling? haha would you change the saddle? Anybody got any experience with white saddles? lot of cleaning needed?0
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Regarding the saddle.
My mate has a white and green DMR Void saddle and it is still very white even though it has been absolutely covered in Glentress mud
You should be fine with it being white but personally I rpefer coloured components to white components0 -
i'm really tempted. White bars, white saddle, white pedals and some black grips!0
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tombarton wrote:i'm really tempted. White bars, white saddle, white pedals and some black grips!
You'd NEED some white Fox Floats to go with the other white stuff
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tell me about it! been looking everywhere for some 36's in budget!0
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can't find any. got max 250 to spend.0
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Right...... Yeah...
You would probably struggle to get some good 32's for that never mind 36's0 -
If you are making all these changes, then you may have the wrong bike.
250 will barely get you a Recon Maxle. Why not just use what is on there?0 -
i'm not making a lot of changes! only the wider bars have any effect on the bike, the rest is just for aesthetics! and the fork is not gonna happen anytime soon, it's just the obvious upgrade when i have the cash. The SX frame is the same whether you get the one or the two. just the components package is different so whats the problem with upgrading it?0
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Bars, pedals, grips, saddle, then mentioned forks - it did sound like a lot!
But if you plan to keep the fork (now that you have said), then the changes you are making sound ok.
But I would ride it for a bit how it is so you can judge what you want. It maybe that some of these parts work really well. Pedals and saddle (and grips) WILL feel different!0 -
ye i understand what you mean. the main reason i was gona change all this stuff was i really like wide bars and the one on it is way too narrow so thats getting changes asap. i fancied it in white just to make the bike look a little different and i felt that with white bars id need to change the rest to match. i also dont really like the brown bits!0
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Christ that's a unfeasably tidy looking example given it's age and the type of bike it is. It's even got the original Spesh Pedals that everyone bins.
Anyway I digress. I voted no.
[GOK WHAN]
1) If you're purely picking white for 'a bit of bling' it wont work with your muted green / black colured SX. If you had the amazing looking White / Orange one then yes, or even the red / black one. So looks wise it wont work.
2) IMHO White is SECONDS away from being the next purple. IMHO it only worked as such an amazing colour because of the shock factor, I'm betting by the end of summer it's going to look like yesterdays news.
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If you're going to upgrade anything I'd do it for the perforamance value rather than the colour.
P.S. Loving the bike, I always find my finger hovvering over the bid button on ebay when I see that type of SX0 -
thanks a lot. Hmmm seems a lot of you are against the white parts...i thought it would look smart but i'm starting to think a bit more.
btw just out of curiousity how much would you have paid for this bike? Just wondering whether i'm getting a good deal or not.0 -
tombarton wrote:thanks a lot. Hmmm seems a lot of you are against the white parts...i thought it would look smart but i'm starting to think a bit more.
btw just out of curiousity how much would you have paid for this bike? Just wondering whether i'm getting a good deal or not.
I wouldn't pay anything until the zokes are non existant 0 -
Buy what works, not what looks good.
Because when you are on the trails... no fukcker gives a sh1t!
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What he said ^^^^ I personally think white, although it looks good and is in fashion now will look pants in a few years0
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I would not buy a performance upgrade that doesnt look good... whats the point when you can buy a performance upgrade that both works better and looks great too. If you are upgrading components then deffo go for something thats going to bling up your bike. Why not?0
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If it works well, then no problem with it looking good!
But I always put performance first. Always.0
