Upgrading a Kona Roast

[hajduczok]

Hey guys i just bought a kona roast and was wondering what i could upgrade on it to its deserved potential, riding hardtail downhill/freeride
my current specs are: RS judy xc, race face prod cranks, wellgo pedals, lx rd, xt fd, deore shifters, ditch witch rims f/r, kona db bars on azonic stem, avid arch rivals on an stx lever.

 

[peachy]

hey dude a good upgrade might be to upgrade those levers, usually getting better levers increases the potential of your brakes. a pair of those may cost more than $50. getting a pair of avid levers could cost you up to $100, but its well worth the upgrade.
i used to have standard promax levers running on my avid disk brakes, i upgraded the levers ($70) to an avid speed dial 5 and the brakes seemed to work a lot better... just my opinion
nice bike man, ride hard

 

[CHEWY]

get some decent sc forks... eg DJer, zi or flick.... and when ur rims are toast get some 521s on some better hubs... u can still run ur rim brakes on em

 

[peachy]

how much do 521's cost retail anyway?