Hardtail upgrade

Smithy12
Smithy12 Posts: 3
edited April 2014 in MTB beginners
Hi all,
I've had my bionicon green village for about a year now and was thinking about taking the plunge and getting a full sus bike. I am by now means an expert rider, more beginner I would say.
I would like to know peoples thoughts on just buying a full sus frame and using the good bits off my green village. Is this something that's worth doing or should I just get a complete bike?http://bionicon.com/cloud_content/Bikes/Green_Village/EN_GreenVillage_specifications2013_121113_ssc.pdf

Any suggestions/ideas greatly received :-)
Cheers
Alan

Comments

  • Chunkers1980
    Chunkers1980 Posts: 8,035
    Full susing is not upgrading, just different
  • buddy_club
    buddy_club Posts: 935
    On the Spec list it says Suntour XCT fork, which is a bit crap, but the picture of the Bike on the website shows an Epicon fork? Which have you got?
    Framebuilder
    Handbuilt Steel 29er https://goo.gl/RYSbaa
    Carbon Stumpjumper https://goo.gl/xJNFcv
    Parkwood:http://goo.gl/Gf8xkL
    Ribble Gran Fondo https://goo.gl/ZpTFXz
    Triban:http://goo.gl/v63FBB
  • Smithy12
    Smithy12 Posts: 3
    The label on the fork says epicon sr suntour. Not sure that helps much!

    Thanks for the reply
  • buddy_club
    buddy_club Posts: 935
    Yeah yeah you've got the Epicon, good news :lol: Seems like a decent spec on the bike you currently have, and if you can pick up a second hand Full suspension frame with a half decent shock from Ebay or similar it should be easy enough to swap the parts. Some however may be slightly different and may require new parts, such as the seatpost, if your running a front derailleur the clamping area may be different, and also unless the frame you buy comes with them you might need to buy a new headset and bottom bracket, which would probably be advisable anyway.
    Framebuilder
    Handbuilt Steel 29er https://goo.gl/RYSbaa
    Carbon Stumpjumper https://goo.gl/xJNFcv
    Parkwood:http://goo.gl/Gf8xkL
    Ribble Gran Fondo https://goo.gl/ZpTFXz
    Triban:http://goo.gl/v63FBB
  • ryanita
    ryanita Posts: 4
    I've always felt the best upgrade to any bike is a set of clipless pedals, after that you may want to look into a nicer fork. buy.gif