Help me pimp my ride

[SiriS]

OK, so I'm vacillating between different options - sell and upgrading to dual suspension, keep and upgrade to dual suspension or do some upgrades on my hardtail.

 

Very briefly, the idea of upgrading to DS came went I entered the W2W for later in the year, pretty sure it will be a more comfortable ride. Whilst I'm happily reveling in the chaos that is the interwebs, reading every thread/article/piece of info I can get my hands on, participating in other threads about the subject here on The Hub, changing opinion every 5 minutes and sweating over the options...all in anticipation of another purchase (yeah, I'm every marketer's dream)...

 

...maybe a good option is to spend money on my existing bike to soften it up somewhat?

 

SCOTT SCALE 910 hardtail, some specs:

 

Fork Fox 32 Float 29 Factory CTD Air, CTD Damper with 3 Modes, 15mm Quick Release Axle, Tapered Steer

Fork Travel 100mm

Head Tube Diameter 1.5" to 1-1/8" Tapered

Headset Ritchey Pro Tapered Semi Integrated, OD 50/61mm, ID 44/55mm

Handlebar Syncros FL1.5 T-Bar, Alloy 7050 D.B., T Shape Flat, 9°, 700mm

Stem Syncros FL1.5, 7050 Alloy, Oversize 31.8mm, 1-1/8", 6° Angle

Grips Syncros Pro Lock On

Brakes Shimano XT BR-M785 Disc, 180mm Front and 160mm Rear SM-RT64 CL Rotors

Brake Levers Shimano XT BL-M785 Disc

Shifters Shimano XT SL-M780, Rapidfire Plus, 2-Way Release, I-Spec Clamp

Front Derailleur Shimano XT FD-M786, 34.9mm

Rear Derailleur Shimano XT RD-M786 SGS, Shadow PlusType, 20-Speed

Cranks Shimano XT FC-M785 Hollowtech 2

Chainrings 38Ax24A Tooth

Bottom Bracket Shimano SM-BB71-41A, Shell 41x89.5mm

Chain Shimano CN-HG74

Cassette Shimano XT CS-M771-10, 11-36 Tooth

Rims Syncros, DT Swiss XR 2.0 29, 28 Hole, Tubeless Ready

Hubs Syncros XR 2.0 29 CL Made by DT Swiss Front, Syncros XR 2.0 29 CL RWS Made by DT Swiss Rear

Spokes DT Swiss Super Comp Black

Tires Schwalbe Rocket Ron EVO, 29"x 2.1", 127EPI Kevlar Bead, Tubeless Ready, Pace Star Compound

Saddle Syncros XR1.5, Titanium Rails

Seatpost Syncros FL1.5

Seat Post Diameter 34.9mm

 

What would be obvious upgrades for comfort and general improvement of ride/bike? Wheels I assume. Read somewhere about upgrading seatpost to standard diameter carbon?

 

As always, advice for a noob appreciated!

Edited May 25, 2014 by SiriS

[sampras]

esi silicone grips lighter faster tread pattern for speed or larger tyre volume for comfort suspension seatpost

[Paul Ruinaard]

esi silicone grips lighter faster tread pattern for speed or larger tyre volume for comfort suspension seatpost

Agreed. Bigger tyres, maybe new rims. Lower pressures, makes a huge difference

[VicanZA]

Did the w2w on my HT u will be fine.

[SiriS]

esi silicone grips lighter faster tread pattern for speed or larger tyre volume for comfort suspension seatpost

 

Agreed. Bigger tyres, maybe new rims. Lower pressures, makes a huge difference

 

Did the w2w on my HT u will be fine.

 

Thanks guys, swinging around to the idea of keeping the HT for W2W. So on upgrade list then -

 

1) Wheels - definite (something wider, possibly lighter). I've read the Syncros XR2.0's are particularly narrow specimens.

 

2) Grips. Will check out the Esi grips, thanks.

 

3) Seatpost - suspension or just change from what I believe to be fairly rigid larger than average diameter alu currently to smaller diameter carbon?

 

Thanks, I really appreciate the advice/comments!