What improvements to make?
Craigyboy130
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I've recently got in to the sport and I got a marin shoreline trail disc. Just asking what are the best, easiest, quickest etc ways to improve the bike as I get better on it. Or is it even worth improving or am I better off waiting and putting my money towards a better bike later on? Any thoughts welcome. Cheers Craig
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Tyres
Wheels
Forks
After that the law of diminishing returns strongly applies.
Upgrading your bike is almost irresistible but inevitably you end will up with a much-loved, costly but ultimately worthless gate on wheels and then the time comes to buy a new frame. We've all done it.
Of course the new frame has to be a custom 'Ultimate Dogs Trail Master Extreme' and nothing less than full prototype XTR and lots of carbon will do in terms of components.
What a lot of people fail to realise is they themselves are still pretty much the same, and then they get all narky when a bloke on a Marin Shoreline comes past them on the trails.
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.blitz wrote:Tyres
Wheels
Forks
After that the law of diminishing returns strongly applies.
Upgrading your bike is almost irresistible but inevitably you end will up with a much-loved, costly but ultimately worthless gate on wheels and then the time comes to buy a new frame. We've all done it.
Of course the new frame has to be a custom 'Ultimate Dogs Trail Master Extreme' and nothing less than full prototype XTR and lots of carbon will do in terms of components.
What a lot of people fail to realise is they themselves are still pretty much the same, and then they get all narky when a bloke on a Marin Shoreline comes past them on the trails.
Someone's tired! ^^
Have fun.
In a way he's right though. If you have a mid-range bike, obviously the componentry will be mid-range too, so you find yourself, at first getting shiny seat collars, grips and you will try to pimp it up, then the wheelset comes with shiny ano hubs, then the drivetrain will change to something better, then you'll have a mid-range frame, with high end componentry. "That simply won't do" I hear you cry, then you're buying a new frame.
My advice is (through years of doing the aforementioned) is ride the bike as it is, for a quick fix, get some lighter tyres. Then save for something more exclusive (should you want it).....
But, if you NEED to upgrade, forks, wheels and drivetrain, but that will set you back a bit.
Oh and you absolutely NEED prototype XTR/Carbon as it does make you go faster and you WONT be passed. 0 -
Forgot to say that the only components that have been scientifically proven to make you faster are black, closely followed by grey and red.0
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.blitz wrote:Forgot to say that the only components that have been scientifically proven to make you faster are black, closely followed by grey and red.
Everyone knows red is fastest.A Flock of Birds
+ some other bikes.0 -
.blitz wrote:Forgot to say that the only components that have been scientifically proven to make you faster are black, closely followed by grey and red.
Everyone knows red is fastest.A Flock of Birds
+ some other bikes.0 -
Thanks for the advise I think I will just ride it for now! I suspect I'm falling into a common trap of thinking that improving the chassis is going to improve the engine but unfortunatley for now this engine is off a robin reliant! I'll get there though and then it's time to buy a serious machine!0
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Except neither of those are colours.DCR00 wrote:Actually, Black is the “fastest” colour due to the way it absorbs light, with White being the “slowest”
But anyway the upgrades you need to do to most bikes off the peg are just issues of making it suit your local riding more such as tyres and perhaps a saddle that fits you better if you need.
As a general rule there's no need to upgrade main components until they break.0
