Originally Posted by
gladiator13
Is a carbon fork something I could easily upgrade to though? I'm debating the costs of buying a bike like the 1.5 that has the components already there vs a 1.1 that would require me a drop a few bucks in it to make it mine and have the right upgrades.
rarely is it ever cheaper to buy in then upgrade later... almost always cheaper to buy in up front to a higher level... i've said before a thousand times... I can't afford to buy cheap stuff. ie. I can't buy something i'm going to need/want to replace in a year, I have to buy something that I can be happy with and will last for a good deal of time... sometimes it forces me to delay purchases a bit longer than I'd want, but in the long run having nicer stuff allows me to enjoy things more and for a longer period of time before i need a replacement...