To upgrade or to sell n buy new?

[MacPhisto]

May be too late to throw my 2 cents in' date=' but the Reno is not a bike I would invest upgrades on. The frame does not have mounts for Rear disc brakes. So you'll never be in a position to upgrade to a disc setup. Furtermore you will spend a couple K on shocks, which is like digging yourself deeper into a hole. I would recommend looking for a 2nd hand bike eg. Silverback Dakota, Raleigh Namib, or similar which have ok forks, disc brakes, a weight reduction on the Reno. They also have 9 speed Deore or better setup (Dakota LX rear derailleur).

The Reno is the entry level of Silverback and is just not worth upgrading.

Another thought because the Reno is V-brake, you'll need to hunt down a new fork that supports V-brake, which is limiting.


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All true!

[Saffer]

Daxiet, Thank you very much for that info. You were just in time, I have yet to upgrade, was contemplating doing it this weekend. Yea, i'd really like to change to disk brakes too so i recon i'll flog the reno and get summin a bit better second hand, then slowly upgrade that one. I doubt i will go carbon fibre ever as i tend to fall off quite often. Recon i'd be well bleak if i rode my new carbon frame and trashed it on day 1.

I had a look at that dakota. Man it looks quite cool.

Thanks again.

Any one wanna buy a SILVERBACK RENO?? Offers?

 

 

[Daxiet]

Glad to be of assistance, keep an eye out for decent bikes with disc brake setups. A friend just bought a medium 08 Dakota for 4k off the Hub and another just sold his large 08 Dakota for 4k. So they're out there. The 09 Dakota's retail around 8.5K new so they will trade higher second hand.

 

But whatever you get Dart 2 should be the minimum spec fork your go for.

 

[jroux]

I am using an old Raleigh M-trax frame only because I wanted to get my hands dirty and built it up myself. I started out with the intent on using v-brakes, beause they would be easier than discs if you gonna go DIY. The frame is about 8 years old and Daxiet is right, a lot of things changed in 8 years and v-brakes are phasing out faster than a ZIM$10000 bill. Rather buy a decent second hand bike with an up-to-date spec and go from there. All I have left of my mtrax is the frame and shocks(only because new ones are so darn expensive), could not use anything else due to compatability issues. But hey, its still fun doing it yourself.