What else can i upgrade???

baconater
baconater Posts: 72
edited May 2011 in MTB buying advice
ive done the pedals, grips and got a bottle cage, any one got any ideas what else i can get to upgrade my bike to make i just that much better??

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Yesterday is History, Tomorrow a Mystery, Today is a Gift, Thats why it's called the Present

so im grabbing my bike and going for a ride

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  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    What feels wrong now?

    Bars (wider, narrow, different sweep, different rise), stem (longer, shorter, riser, flatter), saddle, seatpost (layback as yours looks inline).

    Improved routing/length of that front brakehose would be the first thing I did!

    Simon
    Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    The Beginner wrote:
    What feels wrong now?
    THAT^^

    How should we know? It's your bike.
  • mudsucker
    mudsucker Posts: 730
    depands what you wanna do. Do you want to make it lighter, stronger, faster?
    Bikes are OK, I guess... :-)

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  • baconater
    baconater Posts: 72
    just want to make ir a really good all rounder, im new to this so dont know whats cheap i can replace to make things better
    Yesterday is History, Tomorrow a Mystery, Today is a Gift, Thats why it's called the Present

    so im grabbing my bike and going for a ride
  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Normally the best update is the rider.
    I don't do smileys.

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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Those grips are still green.
    I don't do smileys.

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  • DCR00
    DCR00 Posts: 2,160
    why not ride it for a bit instead ?

    no better way of working out what you do and dont like...
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  • baconater
    baconater Posts: 72
    and there not going to change colour any time soon
    Yesterday is History, Tomorrow a Mystery, Today is a Gift, Thats why it's called the Present

    so im grabbing my bike and going for a ride
  • widge34
    widge34 Posts: 900
    If you are looking for cosmetic changes you could change the seatpost clamp and wheel skewers. Hope are good and i think they may come in green :lol:
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    widge34 wrote:
    If you are looking for cosmetic changes you could change the seatpost clamp and wheel skewers. Hope are good and i think they may come in green :lol:
    hope QRs and seatclamps are crap.
  • widge34
    widge34 Posts: 900
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    widge34 wrote:
    If you are looking for cosmetic changes you could change the seatpost clamp and wheel skewers. Hope are good and i think they may come in green :lol:
    hope QRs and seatclamps are crap.


    Well i havnt had any problems with mine. Why do you say they are crap?
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  • andy46
    andy46 Posts: 1,666
    :roll:

    que the hope are brilliant/hope are crap argument
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  • RevellRider
    RevellRider Posts: 1,794
    widge34 wrote:
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    widge34 wrote:
    If you are looking for cosmetic changes you could change the seatpost clamp and wheel skewers. Hope are good and i think they may come in green :lol:
    hope QRs and seatclamps are crap.


    Well i havnt had any problems with mine. Why do you say they are crap?

    My seatclamp constantly slipped. I replaced it with a bolted one I had laying around
    Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Epsilon.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    widge34 wrote:
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    widge34 wrote:
    If you are looking for cosmetic changes you could change the seatpost clamp and wheel skewers. Hope are good and i think they may come in green :lol:
    hope QRs and seatclamps are crap.


    Well i havnt had any problems with mine. Why do you say they are crap?
    Because they get gunked up and stop working, and work loose.
    Basically, they fail at the most basic tasks of QRs.
  • hoathy
    hoathy Posts: 776
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    widge34 wrote:
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    widge34 wrote:
    If you are looking for cosmetic changes you could change the seatpost clamp and wheel skewers. Hope are good and i think they may come in green :lol:
    hope QRs and seatclamps are crap.


    Well i havnt had any problems with mine. Why do you say they are crap?
    Because they get gunked up and stop working, and work loose.
    Basically, they fail at the most basic tasks of QRs.

    All irrelevent as they don't come in green unless you are/happen to know a team rider, so this guy isn't going to be interested. Superstat do green i think....

    and since I'm at it, Shimano skewers are better than hopes anyday of the week. Its all about the internal cam! Hope ones look nice though.
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  • DCR00
    DCR00 Posts: 2,160
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    widge34 wrote:
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    widge34 wrote:
    If you are looking for cosmetic changes you could change the seatpost clamp and wheel skewers. Hope are good and i think they may come in green :lol:
    hope QRs and seatclamps are crap.


    Well i havnt had any problems with mine. Why do you say they are crap?
    Because they get gunked up and stop working, and work loose.
    Basically, they fail at the most basic tasks of QRs.

    THIS ^^^

    My rear Hope skewer failed last week as i was crossing a main road....

    They may have been sexy red, but if they are going to kill me, then boring black will be fine thanks v much
    Tranny
    Tracey
    Bouncy
    Carbon

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