Kona taro 2013- upgrades

Larm80

Larm80
11 mins ago

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After a year of riding the 2013 kona taro I feel some upgrades are required.....

Firstly I mainly want to achieve an extra gear up and down. For steep hills and decent...

Have been looking at changing the chainring to a raceface narrow/wide 104 BCD 36 or 38 but thinking 38 may be a little too much for the hills??

Also thinking about putting a hope 40 TREX on a new 10 speed cassette/freewheel...

Maybe change the 12-36 to say 9-40 with TREX on?? With this in mind a 36 chain ring should be what I'm looking for...

New rear derailleur xt shadow ...

Hope tech 3 E4 brakes with Hope Floating (Saw) Rotor 180 and 160...

Any input or comments welcome

Many thanks liam

cooldad

Not sure what the first few lines mean, but I'm not sure how you are going to manage 9-40.
Also without knowing the current spec it's difficult to comment but it sounds like a lot of money to throw at it. You'll also need shifter and chain, and you can get better brakes for less money. Floating rotors are also pointless.