During this season I got back into mountain biking, I knew that I needed something better then what I was currently riding at the time so I saved what I could and got myself a 2005 Gary Fisher Marlin. I put Avid BB7's on it and a firmer spring in the Manitou Axel fork.
I enjoyed riding this bike for the season and now that the season is over and there could be some deals to get in the off season or in the spring before the season picks up I've been thinking of doing some upgrades. The drivetrain is Deore mostly so for me its been okay but I've been thinking to upgrade the crank to something a little nicer (maybe the LX external bearing one)
and then the other thing that I'd like to update is the fork, I find that with my weight (250 lbs) the fork isn't as stiff as it could be, I've been looking at the reviews and I've been thinking about the Reba SL, but this shock is almost 1/2 as much as the bike.
So with all that background, here is the question. Do I start some upgrades during the off season to try and get this bike slowly to be perfect (When parts break I will slowly put LX parts on it but nothing more then that) or do I ride this bike all next season the way that it is and save my money to get a deal on a higher level bike (maybe a GF X-Caliber or GF Cake)
BTW, I'm fairly tall 6 2" and most of my height is in my torso (only have 30" inseam) so I find the GF bikes fit me really well.
Thanks for you time
I enjoyed riding this bike for the season and now that the season is over and there could be some deals to get in the off season or in the spring before the season picks up I've been thinking of doing some upgrades. The drivetrain is Deore mostly so for me its been okay but I've been thinking to upgrade the crank to something a little nicer (maybe the LX external bearing one)
and then the other thing that I'd like to update is the fork, I find that with my weight (250 lbs) the fork isn't as stiff as it could be, I've been looking at the reviews and I've been thinking about the Reba SL, but this shock is almost 1/2 as much as the bike.
So with all that background, here is the question. Do I start some upgrades during the off season to try and get this bike slowly to be perfect (When parts break I will slowly put LX parts on it but nothing more then that) or do I ride this bike all next season the way that it is and save my money to get a deal on a higher level bike (maybe a GF X-Caliber or GF Cake)
BTW, I'm fairly tall 6 2" and most of my height is in my torso (only have 30" inseam) so I find the GF bikes fit me really well.
Thanks for you time