nythe

Hey Guys,

A friend of mine got me into downhill mountain biking recently (well to be honest were doing more cross country tracks at the moment until I get some more confidence up), I have a 2012 Boulder 3 XL frame (im 6ft8) in the shed so I have been using that. My question is would it be worth it upgrading any parts of the bike like tires or front suspension. I have bugger all money at the moment and that wont change for a while so I wont be able to spend like 1k on a second hand bike or anything like that.

Would it be worth modifying or would I not see much difference?

Thanks

jimc101

Upgrade to what? the Giant Boulder 3 is a fairly low end MTB, just putting a new fork on the bike would double the cost, although given that it has a non-tapered steerer, you would be limited to what could fit without using an adapter. For tires, they are consumables, so just replace as needed.

higgins617

I would say just beat on that as is while you save up. No amount of upgrades will make the Boulder any sort of downhill rig though.

nythe

Yeah sorry didn't explain myself too great, i know the boulder is crap for what I want to do I was more asking since I will be using it for the next 6 months or so and if im still into it then I can but a decent bike. I was just wondering if I could do anything to the boulder in the mean time on the cheap (few hundred $$) that would improve the downhill.cross country riding until I either quit or buy a decent rig and by the sounds of it there wouldn't be any difference.