Squidfayce
Eats Squid
So I have a trek marlin 5 sitting around that's full stock. It's my rat bike.
I'm thinking about giving it an overhaul to make it less shit to ride when I want to/need to. Possibly making it capable for a bit of trail bashing if I want to take a mate that doesn't ride etc.
The idea will be basically to replace everything but the frame. The stock parts are rubbish. I want to convert it to a 1x first of all, tubeless, change of forks etc.
Any tips or cost effective ideas people want to share? Any pitfalls I need to be aware of?
I'm thinking about giving it an overhaul to make it less shit to ride when I want to/need to. Possibly making it capable for a bit of trail bashing if I want to take a mate that doesn't ride etc.
The idea will be basically to replace everything but the frame. The stock parts are rubbish. I want to convert it to a 1x first of all, tubeless, change of forks etc.
Any tips or cost effective ideas people want to share? Any pitfalls I need to be aware of?