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My "main" bike is a Lapierre Zesty, but I also have a Voodoo Bokor 29er I use as a commuter where I work away from home. I'm a little over 6ft and like the smooth rolling, but prefer a full sus for a "proper" bike as riding a hardtail all day does take it out of me (not as young as I was...).
So - there are some nice FS framesets available for not crazy money (Santa Cruz superlight or Titus Rockstar both about a grand or even a bit less). I was thinking of rebulding the Voodoo components onto one of these framesets and if I like it replacing the Lapierre with it then gradually upgrading the components.
What do you think? Bad idea? It's a Suntour air fork (not as bad as people seem tot hink nowadays) and some simple and solid Deore gears 3x9. Wheels are unbranded and no doubt portly...
Sound like a plan? Seems a cheap way to get a FS 29er for a grand.
As long as all the bits fit, no reason why not.
Have you actually tried a nice hardtail 29er ?
I think they offer a more compliant ride than 26" hardtails, even with rigid forks. Your idea sounds ok though.
Hmmm. I think it is time to have a word with the house finance committee. I think a Titus Rockstar could be the way forward...
Looks good, but how tall are you? Would one of [url= http://www.khsbikes.co.uk/bikes/khs-flagstaff-29er ]these[/url] fit?
That way you get a stonking pair of forks aswell 😀
Jay
In my experience, you need to be careful with the "gradually" part. What could have been a straight swap over (26" hardtail to 26" hardtail) left only rear mech, BB and saddle from the previous build. 🙂
Jay
Brilliant suggestion - that's astonishing value. Sadly I am over 6ft with long arms and legs so always end up on a large frame, or I would probably have gone for that...
Back to plan A.
I got a v1 rockstar frame with an rp23 from wiggle for £666 with the intention of doing a parts swap from my old bike to keep costs down, the only things that ended up on it were the brakes, pedals and grips... 😳 I love it though...
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