advice

[st739]

Iam new to bikes i didn't spend alot on my bike,Ive got a gt aggressor 3 hard tail i really like it but i think id i like to upgrade it.Id like to put lock out forks and hydraulic brakes on is it worth spending £300 on a upgrades on a bike thats only worth £300?.what forks are good with 100 mil travel at a sensible price what brakes are good?

[sikora]

Whats the condition of the rest of your bike? The frame in good nick? Drivetrain running smoothly? The chain, cassette and middle chainring usually need replacing after a good 12 months of use
If you think theres plently of life in it yet, then it should be worth the upgrade.

For around £300, i'd look at these:

www.merlincycles.co.uk/?fn=product&productId=1070&categoryId=18

www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=22185

The Reba are easily the best forks around for that amount of money - remember to budget for a fork pump though.

The Juicy 3's are cheap compared to how well they perform. I'd recommend a 185mm rotor on the front though

[st739]

the bike is mint its 6 weeks old,its the second bike i had the first gt i had the gears kept slipping.Iam looking wiggle.co.uk at forks,brakes in bangor juice3 £60 are they good.

[sikora]

For the price, the Juicy 3's are good. There are obviously better brakes out there, but your looking at more than £200 a pair

[st739]

any one got second hand forks for sale

[sikora]

Problem with secondhand forks is that anything over 12 months old will probably need a service.
Rockshox Reba for example are £80+ P&P for a service at TF Tuned, so your looking at paying a maximum of £100 secondhand for them to be even worth buying

If you look around, you'll probably find a Rockshox Tora 302 for less than £100. These will be a huge improvement over your current fork (I'm guessing they're Suntour's?)

[sikora]

Merlin have them for £90:

www.merlincycles.co.uk/?fn=product&productId=691&categoryId=18

Coil spring too, so you wont need a fork pump.

[xybadog]

I'd agree with sikora about the Reba's. I've only got Dart 2's on mine but I'm not gonna go half way between them and the Reba's just for the sake of it. It's a "false economy". I'll put up with my sh1t forks for a bit longer the get Reba's when I've saved a bit more moolah for them.

[st739]

had a look at merlins web site good value for the forks,they are good enough for me.