sell and go custom?

RyanWilson

you couldnt get much of a broader toper IMO.

so ive currently got a voodoo hoodoo and ive had it maybe 2 months? my brakes have started playing up a bit, got a bit of play in the forks and wheels now its a very brash decision i would be making but would selling the bike, saving a little and then thinking about making a custom be a good idea?
i would firstly really enjoy having the project to do as im a hands on kinda guy :L and building a custom allows me to build a bike to fit my needs prefecly.
Obviously, it takes more saving to build a custom than buying new from a shop. but how much more would you say just tell me your thoughts guys please

thanks!

nicklouse

just get your bike serviced.

even a custom\will need servicing.

supersonic

As nick says, just get it serviced! If we all bought new bikes at the slightest hint of needed adjustment, then I'd have half a million.

Your project should be learning maintenance, and applying it to your bike ;-)

shm_uk

sounds to me like the OP is just looking for an excuse to build themselves a custom bike ... in which case, if you've the time, inclination, money etc, go for it ... but it'll still need servicing/maintaining just like the hoodoo

The Rookie

If you can't maintain the Hoodoo, how are you going to build a custom?

OK I did it back to front, but it's easier to learn maintenance first then how to build...

Simon

Tazzedx

I've owned a Hoodoo for about the same time as you give or take a week, I've no complaints only minor niggles. As the bike is under warranty I took advantage of the free service that was offered, result = sorted.

Maybe I'm lucky, but the service counter listened and did the job well. I usually service/repair my own bikes and have done for many years but if I have a bike still under warranty I don't, I make the shop do it. When it's out of warranty I do it.

The bike gets ridden every day and at the end of every ride I check it over for problems and get them sorted. Maintaining and adjusting your bike is a fact of life and prevention is better and often less expensive than cure. All bikes need the odd tweak/adjustment.

Why abandon a a reasonably decent entry level hardtail to build a custom bike, is it the maintenance that's an issue, is it the bike that's the issue (make, model, type), whatever you do, servicing is not going to go away. I agree with all the above and Simon makes a valid point, learn maintenance first, build later.