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AC air: upgrade or replace?

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AC air: upgrade or replace?

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27-05.-2005, 01:59 PM	#1
from Missouri Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 3	AC air: upgrade or replace? My dilemma is this: I have a Giant AC air with over a thousand fairly hard miles on it and I am wondering if I should replace or upgrade it. I'm not sure what year it is, but is has a Psylo fork, SID shok and an exquisitely ugly gold and black paint job. I weigh 185lbs and use the bike for xc and light fr riding. The bike works fine and I like it lot so I'm leaning towards overhauling/upgrading it, but don’t want to invest money if there is a clearly superior ride available. My budget to upgrade is $500-800, for a new bike I could go $1500-2000 (plus whatever I could get if I sold the giant). Any advice would be appreciated.

27-05.-2005, 02:39 PM	#2
woodchuck Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 76	Re: AC air: upgrade or replace? Looking at the Giant web site and considering the color, it appears to be a 2001 model. It is a tough call. If you can get $500 for the old bike on ebay (just guessing there), you are into the $2000 to $2500 range which can buy a nice bike. However, I bet if you looked closely at what you have, you could overhaul it and have a nice bike for a lot less. What do you think you need to upgrade/replace on the old bike??

28-05.-2005, 08:20 AM

from Missouri