I am having some real mixxed fealings now, I mean, there are some things that I could throw on my bighit to make me faster, like a 5th element, and fll race valving, but then the bike wont be that much fun to ride (still fun but only when going DH for the suspension would be too plush for freeride).
I have two different things I could do now
oh and either way, im keepin my bighit, my parents went through a tough time to help get me that bike before this race season (we were not counting on the 10 thousand dollar operation that I had a week after picking the bike up and that would keep me from riding for 6 months) so if I sold it it would really hurt their fealings, plus I like the bike.
any ways, option one
1)
upgrade bighit by doing…
avalanche dhs 2.75 rear shock 550
26" wheel conversion 300
used 26" rear wheel 150
stans no tubes 80
wtb rapter race tires (700g for 2.5") 100
that comes to about 1180.00
Or I could keep the bighit as my drop bike and as my recreational DH bike and do this…
2)
buy a sgs team freeride 1200.00
sell off the sherman single crown -300.00
buy a sherman slider 04 model used 400.00
that gives me a dh race rig with 7" rear 7" front, good brakes, pure race suspension set up, deemax tubeless wheels, and a 26" rear wheel all for a difference of about 2-3 hundred bucks of upgrading the bighit. now that I wrote all this out it seems like a no brainer, but even still, its going to seem kinda pointless to have two dh only (single ring) rigs in my garage… you know what I mean, whats your guys imput?
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