*Sorry if this should go on a different forum, but this is my first visit here. So If it needs to be moved, Mods please feel free to.*
This is my first post here and I wanted to pose a few questions to all of you. While I have been mountain biking off and on for almost 30 years, and then the last 10 years I've been pretty much strictly a road guy, I have never been that much of a bike mechanic. But, now that my kids are both on two wheels, plus my wife and I it is just starting to seem more financially responsible to start doing more myself. Anyway, what I am currently looking at is my youngest daughter's mountain bike (a 20 inch Haro Flightline). We were given it a few years ago when my older daughter was starting to outgrow her first box store first bike. It was actually already a pretty old bike at that point having gone through three girls before my daughter, but it was free and it has never really been treated badly at all. So, I swapped out the old shifter, the cables, brake pads, chain and grips and called it good. (The one part that I have wanted to change but haven't been able to find a replacement for is the stupid suspension fork.)
Well, my youngest is not as big, or strong as her sister was at that age, so I'm looking for ways to lighten the bike. Any suggestions? I would really love to get a rigid fork for it, but I can't seem to find any. I've also been wondering about options for the crank. I'm thinking of swapping out the bars, seatpost and saddle, but are there any other things I could do? Wheels? If so, builder? Brand? Do you all know any good sites or stores?
Thanks for taking the time to read (and maybe answer) this.
Cheers!
This is my first post here and I wanted to pose a few questions to all of you. While I have been mountain biking off and on for almost 30 years, and then the last 10 years I've been pretty much strictly a road guy, I have never been that much of a bike mechanic. But, now that my kids are both on two wheels, plus my wife and I it is just starting to seem more financially responsible to start doing more myself. Anyway, what I am currently looking at is my youngest daughter's mountain bike (a 20 inch Haro Flightline). We were given it a few years ago when my older daughter was starting to outgrow her first box store first bike. It was actually already a pretty old bike at that point having gone through three girls before my daughter, but it was free and it has never really been treated badly at all. So, I swapped out the old shifter, the cables, brake pads, chain and grips and called it good. (The one part that I have wanted to change but haven't been able to find a replacement for is the stupid suspension fork.)
Well, my youngest is not as big, or strong as her sister was at that age, so I'm looking for ways to lighten the bike. Any suggestions? I would really love to get a rigid fork for it, but I can't seem to find any. I've also been wondering about options for the crank. I'm thinking of swapping out the bars, seatpost and saddle, but are there any other things I could do? Wheels? If so, builder? Brand? Do you all know any good sites or stores?
Thanks for taking the time to read (and maybe answer) this.
Cheers!