nickbuddy111

I'm currently riding my sisters bike she got from a local bike shop a few years back, but the fact that it's a womens bike annoys me, its a GIANT Upland, can't really find other info on it, so thats all i know. I was wondering if it is normally possible to just swap the frame and keep everything else thats on the bike now. Sorry I don't know much info about bikes, I just ride.

jsmithepa

Yes + a manly saddle + non-pink, non-snoopy handlerbar tapes.

kycycler

Yes it is possible. Costly, But possible. Go to the LBS and have a look at the new stuff. for the same $$ you can have a new bike.

climbhoser

It is possible, and can be worth it.

IF, and it's a big IF, you like all of the parts you have AND, and that's a big AND, there's no compatability issues then you can find some great frames to upgrade to.

However, you can get into issues with compatability, like rear hub width, headset sizing, seatpost sizing, brake type, etc...and all of these can be very costly issues to resolve that might warrant choosing a new bike instead.

My suggestion would be to figure out what you have and what it would work with.

jsmithepa

Or after looking at your wallet, u probly have a smallist men bike. Specially made-for-women bikes are few and expensive, my guess is, that's not what u have.

If it doesn't bug u so much, just a few cosmetics, and it will be man-good.

Joshua A.C. New

Google tells me that this is the Giant Upland Ladies':



Those parts are good enough that, if you really wanted to learn about bikes, you could move them all over for a satisfying project. If you're mechanically inclined, expect it to be a couple of weekends if you haven't done it before. My guess is that if you find an aluminum framed bike at a tag sale or something (it's the season, after all) you could swap over the parts you want.

If you're not mechanically inclined, you could learn a lot by doing this, but be prepared to have to learn a whole lot of stuff.

Either way, you'll have to buy a bunch of bike-specific tools and perhaps non-bike-specific tools if you don't have them. If you want to build a bike (and do it again sometime), it's a great investment. If you just want to ride, it'll be more cost effective to have someone else build it — that is, buy a new one.

(I helped my brother swap parts to a new frame and it took about 2 1/2 hours, including filing some parts to fit differing 1960s standards. We had all the tools we needed, though, and I'd already built a couple of bikes.)

daintonj

You'd have to be pretty keen to move those components over as they're pretty much bargain bin parts. I'd suggest selling the bike and putting the money towards a mans bike, or giving the bike back to your sister and saving up for a new bike. I really can't think of anywhere that sells frames on their own that would be cheap enough to make it worthwhile.

jsmithepa

OUCH! U mean a guy went out with this and hasn't been beaten up?

Yeah, maybe tough to move these parts but hey if mess up, no crying over cheap parts right?