Mods that you should and shouldn't do on your bike!

[sauravgartaula]

Hello everyone,

I want to start a discussion on modifications that we can do to our bikes, which should or shouldn't be done.
What kind of mods are good and what kind of mods are not?

- Saurav G.

 

[EddieJ]

My worst modification was making the mudguard and sticker shown below to go onto the KTM Fogo.

Anyone know why?

 

[ChrisP]

Without doubt, the best modification I have made to my Trek Powerfly FS9 was to alter the geometry......
Changing the air shaft in the Rockshox fork to 150mm, instead if the standard 120mm and fitting offset bushings to the shock, to lower the BB height a little. It has totally transformed the bike for me!
You could say that I should have gone for a more all mountain geometry bike in the first place, but when I first started out I didn't really know so much about MTB!

 

[Japuserid]

My worst modification was making the mudguard and sticker shown below to go onto the KTM Fogo.

Anyone know why?

Because as soon as the forks compressed the wheel ripped it straight off........ Brilliant.

 

[EddieJ]

I was more miffed about the time that I wasted making the sticker. I thought that I had made a good job of that.

 

[Japuserid]

Fair play Eddie that was some sticker, it took a brave man to admit to that very funny, thanks for sharing

 

[Eckythump]

Without doubt, the best modification I have made to my Trek Powerfly FS9 was to alter the geometry......
Changing the air shaft in the Rockshox fork to 150mm, instead if the standard 120mm and fitting offset bushings to the shock, to lower the BB height a little. It has totally transformed the bike for me!
You could say that I should have gone for a more all mountain geometry bike in the first place, but when I first started out I didn't really know so much about MTB!

Think you have got the nail on the head, geometry is more important than ultimate travel. You just need to make sure the geometry suits you needs. A number of the early emtb’s Were designed with climbing in mind so steep head angles and short top tubes were the order of the day. Now bikes are finding their way into the hands of more gravity orientated riders they are starting to follow the mainstream mtb ethos of longer & slacker. The next big question is how slack do you really need...

 

[ChrisP]

.......As slack as the Commencal Meta Power I have on order

 

[Eckythump]

It looks a weapon! 66deg is pretty average even on ebike now though?

 

[sauravgartaula]

Nice mods guys. And that one mistake was very funny .

Good luck guys.

 

[Paladin]

Now that I'm on an e-bike and not counting grams anymore, I switched to coil suspension front and rear. Shock is a fox dhx2 coil and the fork is an ohlins rfx 36 coil. Finally have a mountain bike that has the quality plush feel of my dirt bike in the first inch or two of travel. Yes, it was expensive but I believe I can probably put these on any new bikes I upgrade to also. Who knows, maybe some ebikes will start coming with coil suspension front and rear stock. T

he ohlins fork is 160mm travel and the fox shock is designed for 150 mm travel.

 

[JKG53]

I've noticed that most ebikes come with pretty poor wheels fitted as standard. I managed to destroy my Rodi Rims and cheap Shimano hubs after about 1200 miles, so I fitted some new wheels for under £300 from JRA (Just Riding Along) in York. The wheels have transformed the bike, the are very strong and the sealed bearing hubs roll much better.