Originally Posted by
chelboed
Only replace stuff when it breaks. Save all of your money. It's cheaper to buy a complete than it is to build a bike piece-by-piece. By the time you have your current bike upgraded...you will have spent enough to buy another complete...thus making two.
So just replace stuff as it breaks, man.
But to feed your hunger...good light wheels, tires, and tubes are a quick way to make a bike feel light and snappy.
Would almost agree but on most bikes the wheels need replacing from new. Machine built OM wheels with No-Name hubs and cheap rims do not make for the best ride. I have a stock of good wheels and I keep the original wheels for Foul weather/ winter riding.
It does depend on the grade of the bike- but I aim to run XT components on the drive chain. As parts start to fail- then I replace them but upgrade to XT instead of just getting the original as fitted. Exception to that is the crankset as I reckon that for The money- it is hard to beat an LX crankset.