Walmart Bike upgrade | Kent Trouvaille Hardtail Upgrades | Budget MTB
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ต.ค. 2022
- Walmart bike upgrade. Will this Kent Trouvaille from Walmart perform after a series of upgrades?
I'm on a mission to make this cheap Walmart bike into an aggressive trail hardtail. In phase one we modified the frame to fit a long travel dropper post. Check that video here: • The Ultimate Kent Trou...
List of parts used in this upgrade. All parts in this build were paid for with my own money. Links below are affiliate referral links that help to fund this channel and bring you more content. Thank you for your support!
Manitou Machete Fork (this is a boost fork. You will need a new front hub or wheel)
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Alternative Forks
Rockshox Recon RL 100mm
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Suntour Epixon
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Manitou Markhor
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Microshift Advent 9 Derailleur
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Magure MT4 Brakes
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A cheap and reliable alternative are the Shimano MT201
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Jessica Headset ZS 44-55
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IXF Cranks and Bottom Bracket
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Aurnoet 32T 104bcd Chainring
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Fooker Pedals
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Funn Funduro Stem 35mm length 31.8mm clamp
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ODI Vans Ltd Edition Lock-on Grips
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Kent Trouvaille
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Polygon Xtrada 6
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Enduro Bike
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You certainly don't need to do all these upgrades and modifications. A few smartly chosen upgrades will really make this bike a joy to ride. The question is, would you do it?
The car analogy is spot on. Sometimes you have to polish the turd you can afford. 😂
Great upgrades. I did a long term upgrade on my budget trek hardtail and spent good money over 2 years upgrading it slowly into the bike I wanted it to become.
Thank you for the awesome content and the product links. I'm picking one if these up used for $40 tomorrow.
Awesome video. I have put some money on my 2021 Roscoe 6 since I couldn’t afford buying a high end bike, but it was a year and a half that taught me how to work on my bike and progress my riding and it’s also fun to do it. I really enjoy your videos, nice work🤙🏼
My hangar came stripped as well. It was built out the box from a bike shop and the mechanic said he used a longer screw and was able to catch a few threads to torque it. But thanks for posting that info about the better hangar from the website, I'll order a couple of those. I went over the bars off a ledge and bent the hanger, luckily it is still useable till I get a new one. Thanks for posting these videos. I'll probably just get a new bike in a year or two, but this was my first bike and def worth $400 to make sure I like the sport before dumping thousands into gear. My helmet cost half the price of my bike haha but I send this thing and love riding it. Just put new grips and pedals, get it serviced at a proper bike shop and you're good to hit the trails
Wow Nice Upgrade
It doesn't surprise me that the frame is lighter than expected and that a tapered headset fits well...apparently this frame was also used on a much more expensive bike, a $1600 Reid CXC bike that came with a very nice fox fork. I'd put money on it that it comes from XDS.
Cutting that kick stand mount off looked satisfying
Great video!
Commenting to help the algorithm. Great video !
Awesome video bud. I went your route and reamed the frame to accept a 30.9 dropper. Now have a 150mm dropper, Rockshox 35 fork with 140mm travel, specialized front wheel and tire, wtb SX rear wheel, ixf crank, hyd brakes, pnw loam grips, pedals. It’s become a great back up bike for when my Stump Jumper is in the shop. Nonboost qr dropouts are definitely a huge downside but i love the bike and it jumps very well.
Fricken awesome job. You have all the coolest tools. Loved the logo overlays!! What happened to your format at the end? Brake issues just help build your endurance..lol
I just skipped all this and bought an almost unused 2019 Trek Stache 7 for $680
Your bike had a dropper post installed while the $1200 Canyon is just "dropper ready" so presumably that's another $150-200 right there. Plus some of the parts on your bike are actually nicer than what's on the Canyon (two-piston hydraulic brakes, for example). Plus the XCR on the Canyon is barely a performance upgrade from the XCM 30 fork that comes on the trouvaille. It's lighter, but rides very similarly.
Adding the dropper post and lever jacks the stoic price to 1414. I would rather have something I can ride now and
Great content! What did you ever decide for the wheels .... make and size? Think a 2.5 tire would fit?
I feel like, based on your work here, that Walmart could, if they thought there was a market for it, offer a sub 1K hardtail that was truly trail ready.
I'd probably change the bars! Idk how many of your have seen Seth's video on this bike lol
Is this inspired by seth? Hahahaha nice build btw!