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Stp 1 05

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#1 ·
Hello,
My bike is a Giant STP 1 2005 (hardtail) model, i want to hear your thoughts on this bike: are these bikes good? what could be some good upgrades? i ride on small downhills, decent jumps and bmx race tracks.
i needs better tyres i think, the standard Kenda K-RAD's havn't got enough grip for my use of the bike.
Any comment will be appreciated,
thanx
 
#2 ·
I have the same bike, I don't think the bike is good for trail riding at all the angles are all for DJ/Street. Not to say it dosen't rip off road but climbing is pretty difficult. It performed great at the skate park and in DJ's I culd also see it being an awesome 4X bike if the course was made for a hardtail.
I bent the crap out of the zokes Joke fork that it came with and put a Fox Vanilla RLC on that I lowered to 100mm.
I also put 2.4 holy rollers on it and I think the k-rads rolled a lot faster. Maxxis now has 2.2 holy rollers that are probably a lot better.
I pretty much have all new stuff on there now but most of it is to suit my riding and preferences.
 
#5 ·
I had that bike and put a Rock Shox Pike on there, and it was awesome, I got it used so it was in the budget you might also look into getting new rims/hubs and new rear derailure. Its gonna be expensive but if you build it up over time it will turn out realll nice, I would suggest x-9 derailure and mabe mavi 721's laced to xt hubs? And the pike is really awesome but in my opinion you cant beat fox's dampening
 
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