THIS IS MY BIKE AND IM GETTING JUICY CARBONS, HOLZFELLER OCT CRANKS, HOLZFELLER BARS AND STEM, Ti SPRING AND SRAM XO IVE GOT 1500 BUCKS SO TELL ME WHAT ELSE!!!!
07 Glory Upgrades
- Thread starter bradking192
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instead of that crap from truvativ get easton CNT dh handlebar or ea 70 , thomson 4x stem... upgrading from x9 to xo is pretty much pointless, at least from my point of view... get some lighter tires... ti spring is a good idea... but definaely start with that steerer tube
A basket, some reflecters for the wheels and a flag.
Gotta have a flag.
Gotta have a flag.
get... welgo mg1 pedalls or just some decent ones, ti spring, thompson, hope or easton havoc stem, truvative low rise 25mm if you can or funn fatboy. get a road casett and take the gay casette guard off, lower your bars cos' thats ****, cut your steer and get some jucys(doesnt matter which the weight isnt that much different), swap the wheels out for ex721 on pro II's, or ex823(?) tubeless, then you can keep the others for spare, get maxxis tyres, cranks youy can go for truvatives or wait ang get gravity lights. whatever you do wheels and sorting your bars out will make the biggest difference. thats pretty much all the weight saving/upgrading you can do.
I did a lot more to my Glory to get it down to 41lbs from the stock 46 lbs and well under $500. Read this thread!!!! By the way those wheels weigh a lot!!!!! Enjoy the bike.......
http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177961&highlight=Glory
http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177961&highlight=Glory
ew cut your steertube
I would get the Juicy's because they will actually work better than your current setup, but other then that everything you mentioned is more or less a waste of money. If you know that, and are cool with it, then by all means go for it. I personally have a Ti spring, but I knew going into it that there would no noticeable performance difference, I just thought it looked cool.
I know I've said this about 4000 times, but, if you really want to see an impressive difference in handling, focus on your wheels and tires. Make them lighter and you will be quite impressed with the results.
The other lighter part (cranks, spring) that are going to be near the bikes center of mass, will be, for all intents and purposes, completely unnoticeable as far as performance is concerned.
your glory is sweet . i think you only need to change the bars and stem. i'd go with easton monkey dh bars and a truvativ or atom lab stem .
go get sunline bars stylo cranks and juicys and cut ur steer tube.
Here's what I would do:
Upgrade the stem to a Sunline V-One MTN and bar to a V-One OS. Swap the cranks to FSA Gravity Lights with the outboard BB (Holzfellers OCT's are heavy and Stylos don't come in an 83mm BB). As for the wheels, I'd run a Hope Pro II front hub with a Hadley rear hub. I would get an 823 rim for the front and a 721 for the rear. DT Competition spokes for the rear and Revolution spokes for the front. For tires, I would get a 2.7" Minion DHF for the front and a 2.5" for the rear (run tubeless). Most important of all though, swap those brakes for something like Formula Biancos.
Upgrade the stem to a Sunline V-One MTN and bar to a V-One OS. Swap the cranks to FSA Gravity Lights with the outboard BB (Holzfellers OCT's are heavy and Stylos don't come in an 83mm BB). As for the wheels, I'd run a Hope Pro II front hub with a Hadley rear hub. I would get an 823 rim for the front and a 721 for the rear. DT Competition spokes for the rear and Revolution spokes for the front. For tires, I would get a 2.7" Minion DHF for the front and a 2.5" for the rear (run tubeless). Most important of all though, swap those brakes for something like Formula Biancos.
Don't buy a thing, just spend that $1500 on a month in Whistler!
You'll get much better performance out of your bike after you spend a month riding it on the mountain. You should be able to get by on less than $1k a month in Whistler without working at all. Plus, they're open till mid October. Trust me, it's a much better investment than just wasting all that money on pointless BS components that look cool but won't make you ride any better.
If you have any questions on how to do Whistler the cheapest way possible, PM me.
You'll get much better performance out of your bike after you spend a month riding it on the mountain. You should be able to get by on less than $1k a month in Whistler without working at all. Plus, they're open till mid October. Trust me, it's a much better investment than just wasting all that money on pointless BS components that look cool but won't make you ride any better.
If you have any questions on how to do Whistler the cheapest way possible, PM me.
now that's just crazy talk!