Taneesha Posted July 31, 2008 Share Last year October I bought a Silverback Alpine mtb. This is a typical beginners bike and in all the races I do, you see them often. Now I was at my bikeshop picking it up from a service since I'm doing the 30km race in Stellenbosch this Saturday and they advised me that considering the amount of riding I do, I will outgrow my bike soon. As well that when I upgrade, rather not invest in components, like better shocks/ wheels, but go for a better bike in total. What is wisdom? I always thought that the Silverback has quite good components thought to go for a lighter frame first, before upgrading parts... what price range should I look at if I do decide to upgrade; is that untill approx 10,000? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fandacious Posted July 31, 2008 Share Is there anything wrong with your current bike? Dan Craven (a hubber/cycling superstar/international personality) won a race in namibia on some old steel frame with downtube shifters a while ago. Rather train harder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Andreou Posted July 31, 2008 Share How much riding do you do? Always thought Silverback had a couple of models under the Alpine, which would put it above the beginners category imo. Don't know much about mtb so my opinion probably doesn't count for much but I reckon unless you are doing serious mileage and races you are probably on the right bike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gman1834 Posted July 31, 2008 Share A wise famous man once said .... ?it is not about the bike..?<?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Ok I ?m out of here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Low Posted July 31, 2008 Share Hmmm, so bikeshop recommends you buy a new bike? Mine did that a couple of months after selling me the 1st one. I wasn't convinced they had my best interests at heart. Stick with what your happy with, but the scumbags know they've planted a seed in your mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taneesha Posted July 31, 2008 Share No, there is nothing wrong with it, the problems I had are solved and I like the bike. It is a bit heavy, but so am I. Train harder sounds like good advice. Have no intention to win a race, but just enjoy it. Especially with Summer coming, I look forward to my daily early morning Chappies ride. Have done approx 1000 km's sofar, majority offroad.Taneesha2008-07-31 04:01:22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZorgusPrime Posted July 31, 2008 Share Your best option is to replace the parts as they wear out for now.The benefit of buying a whole new bike is the price is usually lower than it would be for all the parts separately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philip.maree Posted July 31, 2008 Share I am almost complete with upgrading my gt avalanche 3.0 with deore components to a meteore team frame with x.9 components. All in all I have spent about 25% more money on the bike that what I would have if I had gone and purchased a complete bike. Upside is that not everyone has got 10 - 12K to spend on a decent HT once of so upgrading as you have cash flow might be the only option Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtbreath Posted July 31, 2008 Share Keep riding it until you improve. See if you can ride a mate's bike or a demo to decide if an upgrade is worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted July 31, 2008 Share Hmmm' date=' so bikeshop recommends you buy a new bike? Mine did that a couple of months after selling me the 1st one. I wasn't convinced they had my best interests at heart. Stick with what your happy with, but the scumbags know they've planted a seed in your mind. [/quote'] Jay lo - how can you speak with such contempt about our LBS'ss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potent Posted July 31, 2008 Share Welcome to the hub I myself have a silverback alpine. In races some guys eyeballs almost pop out when i cruise past them. just because you have a R20K bike doesn't mean you can ride the specs on the silverback are not bad component wise. i upgraded my RD to a XT for reliability in races. added some BBB triple compound brake pads for extra stopping power & shimano SPD pedals. The best upgrade you can do is to through away that useless Suntour fork away and get yourself a decent one. I got a Tora 318 air solo and what a difference it made. Your body will thank you for it. best of luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog_ Posted July 31, 2008 Share The best upgrade you can do is to through away that useless Suntour fork away and get yourself a decent one. I also have a cheapie suntour on my 'goose, and I can vouch for the terribleness (or is that terribility) of them! If I can get an air-shock for a decent price I'm buying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potent Posted July 31, 2008 Share I got my tora 318 air solo with poploc few months ago for R2300. speak to a guy called Arshad @ solomons in PTA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Low Posted July 31, 2008 Share Jay lo - how can you speak with such contempt about our LBS'ss Sorry BB, got caught up with cynical Thursday on the Hub. Will think happy thoughts and see if it makes a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted July 31, 2008 Share Jay lo - how can you speak with such contempt about our LBS'ss Sorry BB' date=' got caught up with cynical Thursday on the Hub. Will think happy thoughts and see if it makes a difference. [/quote'] I bet it didn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MintSauce Posted July 31, 2008 Share A friend of mine has one....she calls it a TANK. My opinion regarding upgrading will never change. That being that irrespective of how well the bike performs, if you can afford upgrade any parts without you or your kids going hungry, then buy it. ALWAYS spend as much money as possible on your bike! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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