I bought this bike at a garage sale about a year ago with the intent to just ride around town on pavement on small bike rides with my kids. Now I'm interested in going on some trail rides with it. I won't be climbing major hills and I'm guessing my largest elevation change would be between 700-900 feet total change depending on how many laps I run on the trail near me.
The question here: is there anything worth upgrading on this bike or is it better to just run it as is until I decide to sink some real money into a much better fitting bike? And any upgrade too. Like even tires or changing the shifters to click shifters. The tires are 26 inches, it has 7 gears in the rear and three up front. Pretty heavy as far as I can tell but I also don't know what a decent mountain bike weights.
Let me get this one out of the way now. The seat is going to change for sure!!
Interested in your thoughts!
by jomunjie1010
3 Comments
Just get a new bike, the deals are really good right now so it’s the time to buy. And taking that off-road with that seat and pedals is not advised. Do you know how old are the tires and tubes are? Also the rubber on the brake pads I’m sure is also old which will degrade your already weak brake performance substantially.
Spend a little as possible to keep this bike on the trails.
Then, invest in a higher quality bike. This thing is a money pit. It was a cheap bike when it was built, and its a cheap bike now. Ride it into the ground, then get a new bike.
I’d say just ride the wheels of that thing while saving for a better bike. You could upgrade a few things on there but not many, and it wouldn’t be worth the money you put into it. Any bike you can ride is a perfectly fine build to start on, but don’t put any more money into that then is absolutely necessary to keep it running. Save up 1000 and buy a good used bike next.