as the title goes,looking into these as a good buy,i dont want all the fuss of buying a bike frame and putting one together,as i dont know that much about self building or different components?,are they a good purchase(bargain) for the money?are the components upgrades like stated on oranges site?or has there been downgrades in other areas?
basically i dont want to be spending a small fortune on one and get into the slippery slope of upgrading this for this,crank,hubs an stuff...i just wanna buy and ride,make it last with what it comes with.any thoughts would be a help,cheers
You gain kashima forks & rp23, but lose Hope Hubs & brakes (for formula and elixir 5s respectively).
JPS anyone?
JPS?
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Only question mark is on the hubs, no reason to expect any problems, but a bit too soon to be absolutely sure. Brakes are supposedly a downgrade over Hope, but are actually very good if set up properly in the first place (excercise pistons, very careful caliper alignment, thorough bleed - all things a competent mechanic will do anyway). If you want one, you'd better be quick though, they're limited availabilty, think we had about 15 in, only one or two left now(one of those was a last minute cancellation).