I bought an OT Ridge, and liked it, but Canyon's Grand Canyon 5 went on sale for $500. With clutched Deore 1x12, hydraulic brakes, a superior Suntour fork(not air, but rebound damped, lockout dial), Schwalbe Tough Toms, etc... it's more than a $100 improvement. It rides, shifts, stops, "jumps" noticably better. Highly recommend if you catch sale pricing. I did put some Fooker needle bearing pedals on it though😉
Except this Ozark Trail Ridge has internal routing for dropper posts and a tapered head tube. Not having those on the Canyon would be a dealbreaker for me.
Got mine last week for 110 as a refurbished at my local WalMart. The derailleur is out of adjustment and slipped off the sproket breaking the safety disc. Score for me!
The OT Ridge I got had a sticker noting the front brake was missing a bolt. I asked if that meant it was discounted, and they knocked it down to $298. Saved $100 for a missing $1 bolt. Easy decision to grab that one.
I just got a new in the box model 2 with the Acolyte and 180mm rotor off of Facebook for $160. I ordered a RockShox Recon fork for $206 with free shipping from dreamruns and Shimano hydraulic brakes for $55.
Oh snap I have that same seat, been using it for year's now. It's a great seat, definitely will be checking out those pedals next. I love building budget bikes!
Cool bike, nice build! Getting used to how close the rear tire is to the frame, now. Looking forward to your next video; Mongoose full suspension. I have the Ledge x1, love it ! 👍😎
Check your SD cards and make sure the read/write speed is the right spec for the go pro. I recently realized I was using one that was too slow and it fixed my corrupted files issue for longer clips.
Very interested Kev, I have another direction that I would want addressed. Here is a concept, I am a fat 350 pound rider that loves the heavy duty and comfort that me, as a street rider would enjoy. A 90% urban street capable bike that would get me around town and only have to jump a few curbs and deal with a few gravel roads. I see tires with a low rolling resistant center 100% contact. A rear carrier that would be great for getting the groceries home. Lights, perhaps a comfortable saddle. Think seriously about a build in this direction. I am sold on this bike already, Thanks Kev for your insight and wisdom for us, the budget minded low enders. Peace love out
I found one slightly used on roads for $120. It had flat tires but I wanted to make it tubeless anyway. I went double ghetto on my tubeless setup so that was cheap too. Still has the original tires and wheels.
I missed out on the hyper awhile back but just found one of these on clearance for $223. For some reason they keep the clearance bikes out in the garden section where I am so the bike sat there for like a week or so but the only thing I see wrong is a slight surface scratch on the top tube. I still need to go thru it to check everything but so far haven't seen any other problems. Thanks for these videos, I came here first before I went back and got it. Funny thing is I got some Fooker FO-150's flats with clips NIB for $9.99 at goodwill like 2 months ago.
I got the hyper a few years ago. You didn't miss out on much. It felt heavy as hell, it was chunky, and it didn't shift gears very easily. It wasn't a bad bike but it was definitely a cheap bike. I'm getting the Ozark trail when I get off work today. I'm pretty pumped
Wheel set on this is usable with DW rims and FH. But not sealed bearings. Cheap wheel sets with sealed bearings are hard to find. But I did last year. The Schwinn Taff Comp for $125 was the best to upgrade with a quality wheel set. You basically bought the frame. Everything else was ether to heavy or Big Box quality.
I really love all the upgrades to all the contacts especially the tires the pedals are just fantastic of course I'm working on a way where I can upgrade to a ridge but that's a different longer story of solid plan is in the works temporary employment I'm familiar with that seat too I've seen it with different writing or logos but it is all the same seats I've got one in black with blue and I'm quite familiar with it I really love this color scheme I'm thinking of changing one of my on a NPC mountain style bike it's a Mongoose to the daily cruiser I want to make sure that I get the pedals correct and I want lock on grips I'll check all the links that you have as well and I already know where to get the seet I have one of Walmart's I forget the brand right now but it would only be logical to buy another one for 20 bucks this is the only practical for right now I'm sure they'll do fine for just riding around I always wondered what became of this bike after the derailleur hanger repair and I think I remember a replacement as well there's always enjoy your channel take care
I’ve been upgrading my ozark almost like mad lol. It’s going great, It’s got a 38t one by. Some good grips forgot the brand, carbon bars with tektro 4pot brakes, a good seat post. It’s so good with these small upgrades augghhhh.
I have a GoPro Hero5, I've turned off voice control and one touch power on/record etc, records better. I have to store with battery out as it will drain the battery to 0% when turned off for a week or so ...
hi i had that saddle from amazon green for me red for dad. i finding my jeans wearing out from riding same areas. can you drag the damaged file to pc and use a player to view it.
Have you considered using two different Schwalbe tires? On a lot of bikes (at least in Germany) you typically get a mixed but matching combination. My wife's (very entry level) bike for example came with a Nobby Nic in the front for good traction and a Rapid Rob in the back for reduced rolling resistance. And my own Canyon Stoic 2 came with a Magic Mary in the front and a Hans Dampf in the back. This is something I see really often on bikes with Schwalbe tires. (Usually sub 1000€ because I like cheap bikes.) And it's always focused on traction in the front and speed in the back.
"Ad revenues are going down", yet the number of unskipable ads has gotten so frequent that its getting difficult to watch videos these days. TH-cam is getting greedy, lol 🤦😆 Jokes aside, your OT is looking great, @KevCentral 😁 mine just got a shiny new Microshift AdventX 1x10 (not a planned upgrade, the L-TWOO S5 derailleur was faulty/nonfunctional out of the box, and i had the groupset on hand), and since i had a bunch of (new) anodized red parts laying around, I threw them on as well. Loving it so far, but I've only ridden it around the neighborhood so far. Hoping to get a quick trail ride tomorrow before heading out of town for a few days 😁
I bought two Ot Ridge's, and both have this problem of the right pedal pulling out the cranks threads I need help to figure out why. I loved the bike while I got to ride it, but I have no idea why it's doing that.
Sorry youre having an issue with your Hero 9. I use my Hero 11 for everything and dont have issues. Had it since release. Also had a her0 5 for two years and no issues. You may be having an SD card issue. What SD card are you using? Go pro needs high end cards and it really like Samsung.
Sandisk Extreme/Pro. Edit: GoPro had a long history of lockups/bad files/buggy software. That’s why their once dominant position has been slowly eroding
So far I upgraded with advent x trail pro with clutch 10 speed shampoo cassette shampoo macanical disc breaks to get out and ride safely did not trust oem future upgrades are fork and bottom bracket 32t hope qr rear hub if price will allow
I've just landed gainful employment I won't be standing Pat until early to mid August in the meantime I've been looking at the OT ridge and can only locate it with a medium frame I believe I would need the large frame I am 511 I also looked at the Kent Trouvaille at Wally's website where it was listed for 190 which seems unbelievable and it is out of stock as well so I went to the Dick's sporting goods website and found the nishiki Colorado sport in red and white comes in small medium and large for 498.98 I thought you might want to know this information locally there is a used 2005 to 2007 specialized rockhopper.for$50 I'm definitely looking into this one it just depends what it needs
I prefer Maxxis Double High Roller up front and Ardent on the rear for cross country style riding. Would you consider second hand parts? A entry level air fork would lighten up the bike and make it handle better.
@@KevCentralYou should! You can can get fresh take offs from people who upgraded there bikes right away, not using the original fork. Purchased a fresh New fox 36 for 400 bucks for my 2021 Giant trance and a New Rockshox Reba also never used for $125 for my 2022 BMC hardtail! For how much I saved I invested in having them lower leg serviced for only 100 bucks each (Not at the same time of course. Months apart) And boom! Have two Name-brand badass forks! I HIGHLY recommend it.
Another Mongoose full suspension bike? Very exciting! You've already made videos on both the Ledge X1 and Ledge X2, so I'm guessing that this is going to be a different model. I don't see any obvious candidates on Walmart's website, so this will be a surprise!
i almost bought one today. but that fork. sold me on adding parts to my axum instead. i cannot recommend a bike with a branded NOT locking fork. i know what the sticker says, but the XCT feels more budget than the oem scwinn axum fork. oof
right now I've upgraded everything I want to on my GT Aggressor Pro so now I'm spending stupid money on aesthetics in the way of copper colored titanium bolts. My goal is to replace every bolt on my bike with titanium bolts. I just bought 4 titanium brake caliper bolts from Better Bolts for $28 total. I already switched out the shimano bleed port screw/bolt with copper titanium screws/bolts to the tune of $5.00 per bolt lol. I figured out that it's going to cost me about $200 to replace all my bolts with copper titanium bolts from Better Bolts.
I'm new to the hobby ,complete beginner. What walmart bike would you recommend to learn to work on ? I want to try and change or upgrade everything on the bike .
Don’t get ahead of yourself. In descending order I would make the following recommendations, the Schwinn Axum, the Kent Trouvaille, the Schwinn Axum DP, the Ozark trail ridge, the Schwinn ascension sold at target. The Schwinn boundary, the mongoose Ardore and the Schwinn AL comp.
Hey Kev, I was looking at the walmart bikes and saw that the Huffy Dakari is now priced at $349. Between the Huffy Dakari, the Kent Trouvaille, The Ozark Trail, and the Axum which one will be the best choice?
Neither. Save the cash & buy yourself a Specialized Rockhopper, it's on sale too. It's of much better quality...imho, but if Wal-Mart is your only choice, i'd go with the Kent Trouvaille. It's a solid hardtail with room for upgrades. I turned one into an e-bike with a mid-drive motor.
Have you guys ever wondered why Evan MTB SAGA has never done any videos about this bike so far? Yes, because his entire channel is an online marketplace. He can only suggest stuff that will rip the money out of your pocket. I'm glad I didn't listen to his BS. Thanks for the video.
One of my neighbors has a YT Channel that teaches Engineering students, He is lucky to clear $1800 monthly?! I for one was scratching my head after he told me about his cut? Personally I don’t see how KC can put up with TH-cam metrics? They are continuously raising the bar and “upsetting the apple cart” perhaps it’s time to jump ship or look for another ship…Good Luck 🍀
I won't buy 1000 dollars worth of parts it doesn't make sense to me nor will it ever i bought my 2022 GT Avalanche Sport new for 802.00 and it doesn't need anything
Got my Avalanche 1x10 from Dick’s on sale for $430. Going to get PNW peddles, grips, and dropper post, a 180mm front rotor, Suntour Epixon air fork, and some better tires. Should be in it for under $1,100, and it will be better than I am. Lol.
This bike is priced about right in the 300 dollar range, but it simply does not compete on a world stage. I would NEVER buy a hardtail for taking up mountain biking as a hobby. You will be very disappointed in the end. You need to cover this market because you were the first on you tube to deep dive into this realm.
I've heard people say that even a $1000 bike isn't worth upgrading, that you should be spending at least $1500-$2000 on a hardtail. I bought a GT Avalanche Sport off Facebook Marketplace for $400. I upgraded the wheels, fork, grips, handlebars, stem, tires, pedals and cranks. It's already better equipped than a bike that costs $1000.
That bike with an air fork and hydraulic brakes for $499 ... come on Walmart you have the purchasing power to make it happen ... 🤞🤞
That would be sweet, although I just bought one of these. However, mine came with a derailleur with clutch! Also nice!
I bought an OT Ridge, and liked it, but Canyon's Grand Canyon 5 went on sale for $500. With clutched Deore 1x12, hydraulic brakes, a superior Suntour fork(not air, but rebound damped, lockout dial), Schwalbe Tough Toms, etc... it's more than a $100 improvement. It rides, shifts, stops, "jumps" noticably better. Highly recommend if you catch sale pricing.
I did put some Fooker needle bearing pedals on it though😉
Except this Ozark Trail Ridge has internal routing for dropper posts and a tapered head tube. Not having those on the Canyon would be a dealbreaker for me.
Has the same fork that came with my $900 Trek Marlin 6. I would definitely have bought this instead if they had been available then 😢.
I was going to buy the Marlin 6 but the Trek store was out of stock for M size. I stopped by Walmart and bought it, very good bike for the price
Got mine last week for 110 as a refurbished at my local WalMart. The derailleur is out of adjustment and slipped off the sproket breaking the safety disc. Score for me!
OT, Axum, and Ardor seem to be really quality options from a big box retail.
I bought the ozark vibe. Then I was watching your video and took it back and bought the ridge. Glad I did. It’s so worth the extra 100 buck
Congrats on the Ridge
Bright yellow/matte grey works so well.
That gray and yellow accent combination is amazingly beautiful.
The OT Ridge I got had a sticker noting the front brake was missing a bolt. I asked if that meant it was discounted, and they knocked it down to $298. Saved $100 for a missing $1 bolt. Easy decision to grab that one.
Woohoo…so they’re starting to document. Nice! They listened!
Gonna buy this bike soon, can't wait!
I did hydraulic brakes, air fork, and 1x10, maxxas tires,made it a mullet just to mess around, it’s a good bike
I just got a new in the box model 2 with the Acolyte and 180mm rotor off of Facebook for $160. I ordered a RockShox Recon fork for $206 with free shipping from dreamruns and Shimano hydraulic brakes for $55.
This is an awesome upgrade video I was looking for
Oh snap I have that same seat, been using it for year's now. It's a great seat, definitely will be checking out those pedals next. I love building budget bikes!
I like where you went with this Ozark,Kev!
Yellow looks great touch.
At my wall mart the vibe that has 27.6.5+2 on the wheel believe that's how it's wrote has a smaller chain ring on crank
I have the same peddles and I have a similar budget seat. Always good advice!
Cool bike, nice build! Getting used to how close the rear tire is to the frame, now. Looking forward to your next video; Mongoose full suspension. I have the Ledge x1, love it ! 👍😎
A 2.8 with a 29mm ID wheel fits in rear triangle, but close, but enough clearance
Check your SD cards and make sure the read/write speed is the right spec for the go pro. I recently realized I was using one that was too slow and it fixed my corrupted files issue for longer clips.
I only use Sandisk Extreme Plus/Pro cards
Very interested Kev, I have another direction that I would want addressed. Here is a concept, I am a fat 350 pound rider that loves the heavy duty and comfort that me, as a street rider would enjoy. A 90% urban street capable bike that would get me around town and only have to jump a few curbs and deal with a few gravel roads. I see tires with a low rolling resistant center 100% contact. A rear carrier that would be great for getting the groceries home. Lights, perhaps a comfortable saddle. Think seriously about a build in this direction. I am sold on this bike already, Thanks Kev for your insight and wisdom for us, the budget minded low enders. Peace love out
Interesting concept. Sounds cool. Thanks for watching!
I found one slightly used on roads for $120. It had flat tires but I wanted to make it tubeless anyway. I went double ghetto on my tubeless setup so that was cheap too. Still has the original tires and wheels.
I missed out on the hyper awhile back but just found one of these on clearance for $223. For some reason they keep the clearance bikes out in the garden section where I am so the bike sat there for like a week or so but the only thing I see wrong is a slight surface scratch on the top tube. I still need to go thru it to check everything but so far haven't seen any other problems. Thanks for these videos, I came here first before I went back and got it. Funny thing is I got some Fooker FO-150's flats with clips NIB for $9.99 at goodwill like 2 months ago.
I got the hyper a few years ago. You didn't miss out on much. It felt heavy as hell, it was chunky, and it didn't shift gears very easily. It wasn't a bad bike but it was definitely a cheap bike. I'm getting the Ozark trail when I get off work today. I'm pretty pumped
Wheel set on this is usable with DW rims and FH. But not sealed bearings. Cheap wheel sets with sealed bearings are hard to find. But I did last year. The Schwinn Taff Comp for $125 was the best to upgrade with a quality wheel set. You basically bought the frame. Everything else was ether to heavy or Big Box quality.
I really love all the upgrades to all the contacts especially the tires the pedals are just fantastic of course I'm working on a way where I can upgrade to a ridge but that's a different longer story of solid plan is in the works temporary employment I'm familiar with that seat too I've seen it with different writing or logos but it is all the same seats I've got one in black with blue and I'm quite familiar with it I really love this color scheme I'm thinking of changing one of my on a NPC mountain style bike it's a Mongoose to the daily cruiser I want to make sure that I get the pedals correct and I want lock on grips I'll check all the links that you have as well and I already know where to get the seet I have one of Walmart's I forget the brand right now but it would only be logical to buy another one for 20 bucks this is the only practical for right now I'm sure they'll do fine for just riding around I always wondered what became of this bike after the derailleur hanger repair and I think I remember a replacement as well there's always enjoy your channel take care
I’ve been upgrading my ozark almost like mad lol. It’s going great, It’s got a 38t one by. Some good grips forgot the brand, carbon bars with tektro 4pot brakes, a good seat post. It’s so good with these small upgrades augghhhh.
Love the reflectors
Which is better needle roller bearing or 3 bearings for flat pedals?
I love my Fooker pedals.....I upgraded the Handlebars and stem to Wake next I'm upgrading the brakes
I have a GoPro Hero5, I've turned off voice control and one touch power on/record etc, records better. I have to store with battery out as it will drain the battery to 0% when turned off for a week or so ...
hi i had that saddle from amazon green for me red for dad. i finding my jeans wearing out from riding same areas. can you drag the damaged file to pc and use a player to view it.
It won’t read even on a computer. It appears the camera corrupted them for some reason.
Have you considered using two different Schwalbe tires?
On a lot of bikes (at least in Germany) you typically get a mixed but matching combination. My wife's (very entry level) bike for example came with a Nobby Nic in the front for good traction and a Rapid Rob in the back for reduced rolling resistance. And my own Canyon Stoic 2 came with a Magic Mary in the front and a Hans Dampf in the back.
This is something I see really often on bikes with Schwalbe tires. (Usually sub 1000€ because I like cheap bikes.) And it's always focused on traction in the front and speed in the back.
I sometimes mix and match, but I wanted max traction (on a budget) so I went with two Nobby Nic
"Ad revenues are going down", yet the number of unskipable ads has gotten so frequent that its getting difficult to watch videos these days. TH-cam is getting greedy, lol 🤦😆 Jokes aside, your OT is looking great, @KevCentral 😁 mine just got a shiny new Microshift AdventX 1x10 (not a planned upgrade, the L-TWOO S5 derailleur was faulty/nonfunctional out of the box, and i had the groupset on hand), and since i had a bunch of (new) anodized red parts laying around, I threw them on as well. Loving it so far, but I've only ridden it around the neighborhood so far. Hoping to get a quick trail ride tomorrow before heading out of town for a few days 😁
I need the small size to come sooner than later
have you considered an upgrade on a beach cruiser to a rat rod
Gas powered or me powered?
I bought two Ot Ridge's, and both have this problem of the right pedal pulling out the cranks threads I need help to figure out why. I loved the bike while I got to ride it, but I have no idea why it's doing that.
I have had this problem in the past when the pedals were installed on the wrong side. Otherwise a dab of blue loctite would help
Which one should i buy if i had a choice? This ozark trail or kent trouvaille bike?
Both are good bikes. I don’t ever tell anyone what they should buy. Both should be at a Walmart near you. See what you think in person between the two
@KevCentral noooooo.....!!!!
Ok, if you had to choose one which one would you go with?
OT for me
@@KevCentral thank you! Truly enjoy your content.
Sorry youre having an issue with your Hero 9. I use my Hero 11 for everything and dont have issues. Had it since release. Also had a her0 5 for two years and no issues. You may be having an SD card issue. What SD card are you using? Go pro needs high end cards and it really like Samsung.
Sandisk Extreme/Pro.
Edit: GoPro had a long history of lockups/bad files/buggy software. That’s why their once dominant position has been slowly eroding
How comfortable is that seat?
Those Schwalbe Nobby Nics are death traps on loose over hardpack lol. Probably the worst tire for my area and trails here in the southwest.
So far I upgraded with advent x trail pro with clutch 10 speed shampoo cassette shampoo macanical disc breaks to get out and ride safely did not trust oem future upgrades are fork and bottom bracket 32t hope qr rear hub if price will allow
I've just landed gainful employment I won't be standing Pat until early to mid August in the meantime I've been looking at the OT ridge and can only locate it with a medium frame I believe I would need the large frame I am 511 I also looked at the Kent Trouvaille at Wally's website where it was listed for 190 which seems unbelievable and it is out of stock as well so I went to the Dick's sporting goods website and found the nishiki Colorado sport in red and white comes in small medium and large for 498.98 I thought you might want to know this information locally there is a used 2005 to 2007 specialized rockhopper.for$50 I'm definitely looking into this one it just depends what it needs
Local guy rode one of these and smashed his mech hanger. Cheapest replacement he could find was $40. Anyone know a cheaper source?
Is the Ozark Trail lettering a sticker or is it painted on?
Have I missed the upgrade links ?
Oops. I added them. Thanks for letting me know
I prefer Maxxis Double High Roller up front and Ardent on the rear for cross country style riding. Would you consider second hand parts? A entry level air fork would lighten up the bike and make it handle better.
Second hand air forks I wouldn’t trust unless I knew who had it
@@KevCentralYou should! You can can get fresh take offs from people who upgraded there bikes right away, not using the original fork. Purchased a fresh New fox 36 for 400 bucks for my 2021 Giant trance and a New Rockshox Reba also never used for $125 for my 2022 BMC hardtail! For how much I saved I invested in having them lower leg serviced for only 100 bucks each (Not at the same time of course. Months apart) And boom! Have two Name-brand badass forks! I HIGHLY recommend it.
Interesting 🤔. Thanks for sharing this with us. You said knobby a lot 😅
I am down with removing front derailers. They are a pain to tune, common fail point, and I personally almost never use it
Another Mongoose full suspension bike? Very exciting!
You've already made videos on both the Ledge X1 and Ledge X2, so I'm guessing that this is going to be a different model. I don't see any obvious candidates on Walmart's website, so this will be a surprise!
i almost bought one today. but that fork. sold me on adding parts to my axum instead. i cannot recommend a bike with a branded NOT locking fork. i know what the sticker says, but the XCT feels more budget than the oem scwinn axum fork. oof
right now I've upgraded everything I want to on my GT Aggressor Pro so now I'm spending stupid money on aesthetics in the way of copper colored titanium bolts. My goal is to replace every bolt on my bike with titanium bolts. I just bought 4 titanium brake caliper bolts from Better Bolts for $28 total. I already switched out the shimano bleed port screw/bolt with copper titanium screws/bolts to the tune of $5.00 per bolt lol. I figured out that it's going to cost me about $200 to replace all my bolts with copper titanium bolts from Better Bolts.
What size are those tires you put on?
Hi kev what do you think of Jamis bike brand ?
Love your channel have you ever converted to make comfort bike
You mean the recumbent style bikes? And thanks
Oh it’s even got an abbreviation now, nice
I'm new to the hobby ,complete beginner. What walmart bike would you recommend to learn to work on ? I want to try and change or upgrade everything on the bike .
Don’t get ahead of yourself. In descending order I would make the following recommendations, the Schwinn Axum, the Kent Trouvaille, the Schwinn Axum DP, the Ozark trail ridge, the Schwinn ascension sold at target. The Schwinn boundary, the mongoose Ardore and the Schwinn AL comp.
@xaviermann9963 thank you
Kev, did the bike come with Presta valves on it or did you have to adapt the Schwalbes to fit a Schraeder fitting?The Schwalbes look great.
Presta is the factory tubes
The radius brakes are awful. They don’t even have brake pads. I upgraded to $50 shimano MT200 hydraulic brakes and it’s a game changer.
MT200 is a very nice upgrade for this bike
Hey Kev, I was looking at the walmart bikes and saw that the Huffy Dakari is now priced at $349. Between the Huffy Dakari, the Kent Trouvaille, The Ozark Trail, and the Axum which one will be the best choice?
I can’t tell anyone what is the best bike for them, but I can tell you the Dakari would definitely be odd my personal list
Neither. Save the cash & buy yourself a Specialized Rockhopper, it's on sale too. It's of much better quality...imho, but if Wal-Mart is your only choice, i'd go with the Kent Trouvaille. It's a solid hardtail with room for upgrades. I turned one into an e-bike with a mid-drive motor.
Rockhopper feels so outdated. The ozark trail ridge feels way better. More modern.
I take my down black diamond trails at least once a week lol.
Looks good, except the dork disk! Lol
upgrade rideability on the trail by taking the reflectors off the spokes
Only if someone doesn’t ride the bike on the streets too
Loves me some fookers.
just picked this bike up on clearance 242 after tax
Just got ozark ridge for 200 at walmart
If they would just keep them in stock I will get one.
Have you guys ever wondered why Evan MTB SAGA has never done any videos about this bike so far? Yes, because his entire channel is an online marketplace. He can only suggest stuff that will rip the money out of your pocket. I'm glad I didn't listen to his BS. Thanks for the video.
One of my neighbors has a YT Channel that teaches Engineering students, He is lucky to clear $1800 monthly?!
I for one was scratching my head after he told me about his cut?
Personally I don’t see how KC can put up with TH-cam metrics? They are continuously raising the bar and “upsetting the apple cart” perhaps it’s time to jump ship or look for another ship…Good Luck 🍀
I won't buy 1000 dollars worth of parts it doesn't make sense to me nor will it ever i bought my 2022 GT Avalanche Sport new for 802.00 and it doesn't need anything
Hey, “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it!”
Got my Avalanche 1x10 from Dick’s on sale for $430. Going to get PNW peddles, grips, and dropper post, a 180mm front rotor, Suntour Epixon air fork, and some better tires. Should be in it for under $1,100, and it will be better than I am. Lol.
I was hoping it was brakes. Oh well
Eventually. I’m upgrading in a real-time and as funds allow path
Eh, I bought the same bike "saddle" off eBay for $6 a few years back. It's a wedgie bike seat, lmao. You got ripped off man. Also, nice dork disk. 👍
Not mine lol I turned that crap off
Sorry. I’m confused. What did you turn off?
@@KevCentral I was on a short I guess it glitched sorry
@@KevCentral as for the bike I agree upgrade the brakes grips and tires
Please, I rebuilt an entire similar bike, BB, headset, crank, derailluers, hubs, tires. 1000 dollars and now i have a decent MTB.
This bike is priced about right in the 300 dollar range, but it simply does not compete on a world stage. I would NEVER buy a hardtail for taking up mountain biking as a hobby. You will be very disappointed in the end. You need to cover this market because you were the first on you tube to deep dive into this realm.
I've heard people say that even a $1000 bike isn't worth upgrading, that you should be spending at least $1500-$2000 on a hardtail.
I bought a GT Avalanche Sport off Facebook Marketplace for $400. I upgraded the wheels, fork, grips, handlebars, stem, tires, pedals and cranks. It's already better equipped than a bike that costs $1000.