- [Neil] Upgrading your mountain bike can be expensive.
- [Host 2] But you don't necessarily need to spend loads of money,
breaking the bank, trying to get the upgrades you need for your mountain bike.
- So these are our top ten upgrades on a budget:
- First off, a new set of grips. It doesn't matter how old your bike is,
you put on a new set of grips on and it will instantly feel better.
These have a lock on system, so they'll never slip around even in bad weather.
- Tyres, having the right set of tyres on can transform your bike.
The wrong set of tyres will make the bike un-rideable.
So, find the right tyre for the type of terrain you ride and the type of ride you
like to do. They start from about 20 or 30 pounds, and they can go up to a lot of
money. But, the right tyre will make a big difference.
- Make the jump to a tubeless setup. You've got your new tyres, you want to
save a little bit of weight. Get rid of those tubes,
set your bike up tubeless. You can run lower pressure which means more grip
and you're less likely to get a puncture. Win-win.
- Next one, wider bars. A lot of bikes still
come with quite narrow bars that can make it more difficult to handle especially in
downhill situations. So, you can get yourself a sort of riser if you like,
wide alloy bars, transform the bike.
- New pedals, whether you ride clips or flats, having a fresh new set of pedals
on your bike is exactly what you need.
These Crank Brothers 5050s have got loads of grip, which will inspire confidence
when riding and you'll have a lot more control.
- Get yourself a new saddle. There's loads
of saddles out on the market, different shapes, different sizes ranging from very
expensive down to very cheap. This ladies specific saddle can make a massive
difference to your comfort on a ride so find the right saddle.
- New cables, I hear you say that's not an upgrade...
- That's not an upgrade.
- ...it's a maintenance tip. Yes, Neil.
Well, this Neil, is a polymer coated Dura-Ace cable.
It's actually quite expensive, but is there anything better than having
super smooth gears when you are out on a ride? So why not invest?
- A narrow/wide, or thick/thin chainring, you can then dump your chain device
from that shifter, take a bit of weight, and the system on here stops
your chain from coming off. So, great little upgrade.
- And that will be perfect to give you enough ratio for your
1 by 10 or 1 by 11 setup.
- What about 1 by 12?
- It's not here yet. It will be.
Next upgrade, a Hope bottom bracket. What do you reckon, Neil?
- 90 pounds? That's not a budget upgrade!
- I knew you were going to say this, and perhaps it's not a budget upgrade.
But, it's an economical upgrade.
You invest your 90 pounds, you've got a fancy bottom bracket that's not going
to let you down. But then you replace the bearings, which are relatively cheap.
So you have the same bottom bracket for your whole life, or the life of your bike.
- Until they change the standard.
- Yes, but again you are reading too deep into it.
Anyway, change the bearings, bottom bracket is as good as new.
- A GMBN ass saver. - Yes, this simple little
device clips under your seat, and protects your bum from getting wet.
- Available soon.
You know, when you go out for a long bike ride you get a bit thirsty.
- Thirsty as a lizard. - Well, this is what you need,
a GMBN water bottle. - Right, how does it work?
- You just take the top off, and then have a drink.
Available soon. - Nifty, I like it!
So that's it for our top 10 budget upgrades. If you disagree, or have a good
idea that you think we've missed, then leave them in the comments down below.
And probably want to watch some more videos here on GMBN.
- I've got a good idea.
If you click up there you can see how to convert to tubeless, so you can fit your
new stuff, your latex in there. - And if you've got this, and this,
and you want to know how to fit
your gear cable, you click down there. That'll show you how to do it.
And you can follow on from there, and do all of our maintenance videos.
- Yeah, there's How to Fit Handlebars, How to Fit Grips.
- Change your Pedals.
- Loads of other good stuff, so check out...
- Oh! Seat, Adjusting your Seat, there's that. What else?
- I don't know. - Winterize your Bike,
put your mudguards on, and while you're there
one last little job. Click on me and Neil to subscribe to the channel.
- Or a thumb-up like, also that.
- Oh, it's just pouring. - That's good news.
- Windy, it's a windy shed. - This is a ladies specific one.
Make your bums happy ladies.
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