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am I the only one who's spent years spannering, tinkering, poring over reviews etc. then suddenly realised building my own was just a pain in the ass and not worth the hassle? Maybe a consequence of always living in tiny city centre flats, but the less spannering the better for me!
Having (almost) always managed to ensure access to a man-cave I've got the (good/bad) habbit of stripping bikes down after the first couple of rides to see what's going to last and what's good for the bin!
Pitch so far....
New rear hub bearings (they were spinning on the axle so I'd not have know without stripping it)
Bars swaped for wider/lighter nukeproofs
Reverb installed
Tyres swaped for high rollers
Pedals swaped for burgtechs
GXP BB is released on bail pending bearing failiure as it's already siezed once!
Maybe I'm wierd and like taking things apart too much!
I am working on a 15Qr wheelset and Fox fork too and 29er spec to be confirmed.
Managed to spec a 15mm QR fork for the same price 🙂
29er spec online tomorrow.
As others have said, a lot of people swap old kit on to a new frame, rather than buy a complete bike.
How about a "29er upgrade kit" ? Frame, forks, headset, wheels & seatpost only.
Allows people to build up a 29er using their existing components where possible while knowing that the new frame/forks, frame/seatpost and forks/front wheel will all match.
We have offered fork and frame deals before, which we continue to do from time to time, the full build is really to attract a different customer.
We hope to a full bike built very soon of both the 29er and 26er to give people an idea of what they will look like.
My last two bikes were bought because so much kit was worn out at the same time on my old bike that it was more sensible to buy a complete new one, than spend loads on new parts to hang on a frame several years old.
I'm kind of in that situation again now and looking at complete HTs.