Hi Guys,
Thought I'd post a bit about the bike I ride. I have a Scott Aspect 45 from the good ol' year of 2008. When it was stock it had a Suntour fork and an Alivio eight speed drive train. The forks didn't last long. After a month or so of riding they had seized up. I took it back to the bike shop and explained what had happened. They were good guys and put a pair of the same on straight away! After another month of riding the same thing had happened so I took it back again and they fitted a pair of fairly basic Rockshox Dart 2's (This was my third fork in under a year!). I had never used Rockshox before but I was already feeling the benefits over those dreaded Suntour's. I must have run these forks for around a year but I was beginning to feel the limits of what they could take. In the end I payed a bit more and opted for a Rockshox Tora 318 Air which is lasting me ages! I've got to say, it can deal with most things I throw at it.
After the forks, I upgraded components as they wore out. the next things to be upgraded were wheels and drive train. I replaced the wheels with a pair of Shimano MT15 wheels which I also rate very highly, they have come out of true a few times but they offer a good compromise between weight and strength for the £89.99 I payed for them. The gearing is a mix of Shimano Deore, Deore XT and Sram PG950 and PC951 for the chain and cassette.
Overall I am now very happy with the bike and what it can handle. After experiencing how different the bike can feel with altered components I am a strong believer in customisation because it allows you to style it to your type of riding.
Anyway here's few pictures of what I've just been talking about.
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| Built up and ready to hit the trails ;) |
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| On it's homemade work stand :) |
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| One Sexy box of bike components! :D |
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