[Closed] Make over my Hardtail into something "racey" ??

For a grand you get an On-one whippet frame and some nice wheels/tyres. Swap the rest out, and you'd have a race bike, not merely a racey bike.

Edit - when you say sportives, do you mean road ones? In which case, get a road bike. Halfords have been advertising a full carbon Carrera for a grand this week. You'd get a decent Ribble or Planet X for that too.

cassette and mech to XTR

spend your money elsewhere.

flip the stem, swap the tyres out, see how it goes.

Sorry, should have mentioned, no to new frames!

(besides i like the IFT frame, it aint exactly heavy as it is)

I've got one just the same (except not carbon bars)it almost looks like a photo of mine. I changed the shifters to XT from stock LX - much better. I also got an all singing all dancing FS last Oct - 2011 anthem x1 - but I still like the IFT.

You could go 2x10, and I'd go for lighter wheels (the X1 has xt wheels that are much lighter) and maybe see if the fork can be upgraded to an RLC FIT while it's being serviced.

Off road events, but not technical ones, Think 10km run + 20km cycle Duathlon's etc, Off road enough to need gears (well i need the gears, but maybe 2x10 would be enough) and some nobbles on the tyres.

Although i've never weighed it, the IFT is claimed to be in the mid 10's (kg) as std, so i'd think some better wheels /tyres and cassette would see that into the high 9's ?

Lose the fugly mudguards

It's still a Marin whether you add a grand or not..... Well someone was gonna say it!! 😉

You don't see many IFT's around the UK, they were an expensive bike for a Hardtail i think (but i got mine through our work "scheme" and only paid £850 for it new 😉

Already XT'd the whole drivetrain, but some bits are now a bit worn so due for replacement anyway (the er, sand, at Woburn sands has done a good job of wearing down anything that turns/spins or slides)

The frame is probably decent and light enough. Nowt wrong with Marins, apart their middle aged image!

I'd get the forks serviced and Pushed.. Or maybe replaced with some SIDs if you can get some Black Box ones cheap enough. New wheels, tubeless tyres, a new XT (not XTR!) cassette and some decent brakes should see your grand spent. And maybe a lighter perch to sit on if there's any cash left.

EDIT: and loose the mudguards and wheel reflectors for flips sake!

Not sure i'm gonna save a lot with a new saddle? The WTB Devo is already 205g ? And besides, my ass now fits it like, er, a glove?? 😉

What does £600 worth of wheels get you these days? Not really up with the best deals at the mo?

If you really want to do it up, spend about half the money on new wheels, cassette and brakes.

I'm sure some of the weight weenies will advice you on custom wheels. £300ish for that. SRAM pg 980 cassette £30. XT brakes from rose £130 ish.

Then spend the rest on a cheap holiday.

Fair enough on the seat! Another plan is to spend it on some decent racey shoes.. Huge weight savings to be had there, and they'll feel much nicer than cheaper ones.

Hope pro3 sp wheels are good for the money, and come with light rotors, although I found my 24 hole front one to be a little flexy on landings and I broke it too easy in a crash.. Maybe the 32 hole ones if you're looking for sturdiness. Decent tubeless tyres will make it feel 110% better for sure.

980 cassettes I've found to be not so long lasting. XT are cheap from Rose though, along with the brakes!

Don't panic chaps, that pic was taken years ago when i just had built the bike, hence the reflectors! The mud guards were on when i was using is as an all weather commuter, as it was my only bike.

I will have to keep and eye on wheel deals and see what turns up!

I'm a lightweight at less than 70kg, so i should be able to get away with some pretty racey wheels, and i'm not going to be doing any significant airtime on this bike (well, not on purpose anyway.......)

As above wheels have to be the best thing to change and second the vote for xt not xtr cassette

Stans new Ti hubs are now in the uk and can be build into a sub 1300 gram wheel set Useing mmx rims and revolution spokes.

Most ust tyres are far to heavy to race with but many others can be used tubeless

What do people think to Mavics 2012 Crossmax SX wheelset?

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They look white

As long as you chuck some oil in the freehub every 6 months or so, and take up any bearing slack, they're a goodun. Proper tubeless too, so less faff.

but so much white on a bike..?

lol, you lot don't miss a trick do you! 😉

They are indeed white, Is white rims too much on a white bike??

The tyres would be black..........

Looks pretty racey already. New wheels (hope hoops with stans crest would be great), New tyres - racing Ralph or rocket Ron, replace worn drive parts with xt, and get the forks serviced.

Should have plenty of spare change in that. As someone said above, some xt brakes would finish it off nicely.

Ps, what's the mudguard in the above pic? Looks like it has a handy quick release or at least removable without taking the seatpost out mount?

I've recently purchased some Stan's Arch EX on Hope 2 Evo. Blinding wheels, really light for their strength, you can't go wrong for £360. Got them at Moonglu.

Not sure you'd need out else except tyres, go tubeless all the way! £120 should see you right on that part of the set up.

Good luck 😉

XT groupset from Actionsports.De plus brakes and some of those sexy looking Crank Brothers wheels. Tyres are too personal to suggest, I personally like my Rocket Rons a lot. Light and grippy 🙂

And no more white ❗