Mountain Bike Reviews Forum banner

Mahuna 2013 vs vs 2014. Worth an extra hundo?

2K views 1 reply 2 participants last post by  Adam Enggasser 
#1 ·
My LBS has a 2013 mahuna on the floor, which I am interested in, but it looks like they tweaked the lineup for 2013 and changed the mahuna and upped the MSRP to 799$

Looks to me like they changed:

The 2013 fork: Suntour XCT LO 100mm
The 2014 fork: Suntour XCR 32 LO-R (Hydraulic speed lock and rebound adjustment)

2013 crankarms: FSA Dyna Drive
2014 Crankarms: SRAM S600 (I think this is a downgrade?)

2013 Chainrings 42/32/22t
2014 Chainrings 22/32/44t

2013 Freewheel Sram PG820 11-32t 8 spd
2014 Freewheel Shimano HG20 11-34t 9 spd

More speeds and a bigger big gear up front.

RD and shifters go from Sram x4 to Altus

Brakes go from Avid Elixer 1 to shimano m395 (I think this is a downgrade!?)
Hubs go from formula to joytech
Rims go from WTB SX23 to WTB SX19 - probably to solve the tire rubbing issues reported on the mahuna?

How big of a discount should I expect to get on the 2013 when the 2014s roll in? Lets say I could score the 2013 for around 600$, now we are looking at $200 difference. Is the 2014 worth the extra dough?
 
See less See more
This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.
Top