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Back story, I got sick with some mystery disease over a year ago on a camping trip. Recently my blood tests and lung tests have come back normal, and I've been feeling better.
So, time to break out the mtn bike and get some exercise right?
Aired up the tires. Did a check over... and the brakes squeal like hell. Checking spoke tension I noticed the rear wheel has a dent and flat spot in it. 1 spoke broke while tightening and I can see it's been cracked for a good while.
The gearing on the bike has needed changing since I bought it. Cassette just doesn't have the range for a 1x crank. The short derailer won't work with a better cassette so that'll need to be changed.
Paint is looking ROUGH. Faded, chipped, scratched all to hell.
My baby needs some love.
But is it worth it?
The bike is a 2016 Banshee Rune V2. An enduro/long travel type bike. I'm not really in shape to ride like that right now, and I don't know if I'll ever be again. Brake pads for the DH brakes are expensive. Drive train is expensive. Plus all the time to fix this.
But I do love this bike. Ergonomically it's fantastic. Suspension is perfect. It is MY bike by all accounts.
Maybe I ought to sell it and buy a cheapo hardtail though?
So, time to break out the mtn bike and get some exercise right?
Aired up the tires. Did a check over... and the brakes squeal like hell. Checking spoke tension I noticed the rear wheel has a dent and flat spot in it. 1 spoke broke while tightening and I can see it's been cracked for a good while.
The gearing on the bike has needed changing since I bought it. Cassette just doesn't have the range for a 1x crank. The short derailer won't work with a better cassette so that'll need to be changed.
Paint is looking ROUGH. Faded, chipped, scratched all to hell.
My baby needs some love.
But is it worth it?
The bike is a 2016 Banshee Rune V2. An enduro/long travel type bike. I'm not really in shape to ride like that right now, and I don't know if I'll ever be again. Brake pads for the DH brakes are expensive. Drive train is expensive. Plus all the time to fix this.
But I do love this bike. Ergonomically it's fantastic. Suspension is perfect. It is MY bike by all accounts.
Maybe I ought to sell it and buy a cheapo hardtail though?
Wait for the deals on parts. Do the work yourself. Much cheaper.
Brake Pads and Rotors - wear and set up. Both can be found at very affordable prices. Though, just recently there was an announcement from some f**knuckle company selling wooden boxed, Gold Plated Back Plate and Pad springs Pad sets for some mindboggling price........ there's some idiots in the MTB Industry / Community.......
Cassettes / Chainwheels / Chains- wear items. Just make sure the derailleur you have will handle the range of the cassette you are thinking of. Since I almost exclusively ride my DH bikes (though I do get around to the Shops and Fat Burning rides on a Dual Slalom framed bike I made in '96, that I somehow thought to put the seat stay and chain stay cross braces high enough to just enable use of 29" / 700c wheels with Road / Cyclocross tyres on it - it's a Hoot!), I run at least a 10 speed cassette, for 'usefulness', or, a 12 or 18 gear Pinion Gearbox.
Rims / Spokes - wear item. Cripes, any given weekend, I, or my Riders / riding group, can go through a few rims, with the rocks we have on our DH courses / general trails.
It can all get expensive - and MTB / Bicycles in general, are very pricy. Well, at the level I'm involved in for over 5 decades now. And, it all very much teeters / crosses over into the 'rip off' area. Tyres that last a few runs, that are just as expensive , or more so, than MC tyres. Rims - and without getting into CF ones - that are more expensive than Excels. And on and on.
You love your current bike - give it some love back. Just riding the streets for now, to regain fitness? - put some slicks / road tyres on whatever diameter wheels it has. Just watch out for 'pegging out' through corners due to the smaller OD of the slicks!
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Well I was hoping for a more concise group answer. I think I'll keep it though.
When I bought this bike I had an older Marin XC bike that I loved, but I found I never rode it after getting the Banshee. Even on trails the Marin would be the "better" bike.
I've rode more "modern" bikes and I dont like them. 29er wheels and slack head angles just make for a lazy feeling bike to me. I think it was a Trek I briefly owned? Couldn't make that thing turn worth a damn. Just couldn't get enough weight onto the front wheel. Different strokes for different folks, I like the 26" wheels.
Jenson use to have tons of closeout stuff. Where's the deals these days?
Any suggestions for painting the frame? I'm thinking plum purple. I also happen to have some Ford antimatter blue laying around.
Is your bike a 1x drivetrain? I couldn't quite tell from your original post. If not, do this for the front deraileur also.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkZxPIZ1ngY
Considering an hour of PT kicks my ass. I dont think I can pull the DH gearing around the trails. I need to get lower.
What's changed since 2016? Internal routing is more common but I don't care. Centerlock brakes don't really look like an improvement to me.
I'm not interested in 29" wheels. I think thats about it no?
Bike has cane creak DB air shock, fox 34e float fork. Dropper post. 1x drive train.
I have a 1x11 on my Commencal, and I don't often use the bottom one or top three gears. 2-8 is where I live.
That's a good idea to at least try before dumping money into a cassette and derailer. Thanks!
Anyways just checked. The chain ring on the bike is a 36, and I have a spare 36 as well as a 30. I'll toss that 30 on, fix the brakes and rear wheel, and get to riding!
I can get around to other stuff over winter.
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