Which components for upgrade?

burwat

Hi,

I am new to biking and had a budget of £500 to buy myself a reasonable bike however a kind hearted friend of mine donated me a Giant Revel 3 http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-gb/bik ... 346/54071/ which was virtually brand new as he had inherited another bike from an uncle.

What I would like to do is upgrade this bike with money I have set aside and I am looking for some advice on which bits to add to the bike to make it a better spec.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks.

Chunkers1980

New 9/10 group. Prob deore or slx

Air forks

New set of wheels

supersonic

I'd get a Deore 10 speed groupset and disc brakes:

http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/Bike+Shop ... OUP-10.htm

That's £234 with the 10% off, an amazing deal.

And new forks, ie Rebas:

http://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/FORSRERL-SI ... qr___1_1_8

A tool kit:

http://www.wheelies.co.uk/p41164/Bike-H ... imano.aspx

And some new folding tyres:

http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/road-t ... Googlebase

A little over your £500, but I can't see a better way of spending it, you'd have a bike that rivals most £1000 set ups. Sell the excess to recoup money.

cat_with_no_tail

If it was my £500

Deore 10sp Groupset - £234
Rockshox Recon Silver Forks - £110
Superstar Tech2 EVO XC 135 Wheelset - £150

Total - £494

£6 left over for Haribo.

Win.

cat_with_no_tail

Damn, I forgot tyres and tools.

Oh well, just go £60 over budget and stick a pair of Rocket Ron Evos from On-one on there and buy a 16-in-1 multi tool from Superstar.



Actually, you could probably make that £60 back from selling all the old bits on ebay.

Chunkers1980

Yeah, but you've still got shitty tyres, and nowt to fix it or fit it with. If you do go that route a bb face would add to it too.

welshkev

bloody hell, that groupset is a good price isn't it?!?

Chunkers1980

Certainly is as weight aside, it performs almost the same as an XT setup.

welshkev

could i take the chainrings off the deore and put them on my 9sp slx double and bash i have now?

concorde

Half the stuffs out of stock

supersonic

Concorde wrote:

Half the stuffs out of stock

What is?

felix.london

120mm Reba fork, SLX brakes, decent pedals.

Upgrade drivetrain as and when it stops working. Upgrade wheels when you're feeling flush