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Other notes: For trail use, better pedals are important - I really like the raceface cheser pedals. Oh, and if you want to use the stock wheels, make sure the fork is for a wheel with 100mm wide QR axle, and not a thru axle.

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Either way, you will need to buy and install different headset+bearings as well. You'll also need to consider a straight tube or a tapered steerer tube. Two things to note here: You need to make sure the length of the steerer tube on a used fork is as close as possible to the stock one - slightly longer is better than slightly shorter since you can add another headset spacer if needed to take up the added space. I bought a second hand rockshox recon and am super happy with the upgrade. Swapping wheelsets to something with a hub that uses a cassette opens up your options massively.įor a fork upgrade: (makes a BIG difference for off road use) I recommend picking up a used name brand air fork instead of the cheap chinese brands you'll often see. Not sure what other options are available unfortunately. You could get away with the one on there, but it's definitely more of a street oriented setup. Eventually I swapped the rear wheel to one compatible with a cassette instead of the stock freewheel for a faster top gear also.įor the rear gears/freewheel: It'll be hard to find a similar wide range 7 speed freewheel to the stock one unless the original owner gave it to you with the bike. I felt like that small ring limited top speed a little too much so I replaced mine with an Action crankset and 34tooth oval chainring. The cheapest thing you could do is move back to stock form by unbolting that large chainring and puting the chain back on the stock smaller one - double check to see if the chain needs to be shortened.įor chainring and crankset replacement: the stock bottom bracket is a square taper, so you'd be looking for new square taper crank arms. Not sure what all the changes they made are, but I can see they replaced the freewheel with a much narrower range one and the second chainring up front that's questionably bolted to the stock chainring.

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