I'm really new to this sport, I just bought a Rockhopper comp disc about three and a half months ago that I've put about three hundred miles on so far.
The bike is the M4 aluminum frame with the Tora 318 fork, decent rims that are strong and light (Sun DS2XC) But the dérailleurs and shifters are mid grade Shimano, Deore shifters and Deore front der, LX rear der. I hate the way the thing shifts, at first I thought it was just me but now I've ridden a couple other bikes and a friend rode mine and we've decided it's not me. I bent the front dérailleur in a crash the other day so I've got an XT on order, but talking to the shop mechanic he was kinda trying to steer me away from upgrading the rest and more towards a better bike saying by the time I finished upgrading a better bike might be more cost efficient.
Is he right? Or is he just trying to sell another bike? It seems to me the Rockhopper is worth dumping another 5 or 6 hundred bucks into for better shifters and dérailleurs, what do you guys think?
The bike is the M4 aluminum frame with the Tora 318 fork, decent rims that are strong and light (Sun DS2XC) But the dérailleurs and shifters are mid grade Shimano, Deore shifters and Deore front der, LX rear der. I hate the way the thing shifts, at first I thought it was just me but now I've ridden a couple other bikes and a friend rode mine and we've decided it's not me. I bent the front dérailleur in a crash the other day so I've got an XT on order, but talking to the shop mechanic he was kinda trying to steer me away from upgrading the rest and more towards a better bike saying by the time I finished upgrading a better bike might be more cost efficient.
Is he right? Or is he just trying to sell another bike? It seems to me the Rockhopper is worth dumping another 5 or 6 hundred bucks into for better shifters and dérailleurs, what do you guys think?