Afternoon all,
I have a lovely 2001 Klein Attitude that I'm thinking of turning into a proper more-modern bike.
It's currently got some modern carbon goodies (seatpost, bars and bottle cage), M970 XTR crankset, both mechs and rapidfire shifters (I'll buy some SPDs to match soon), Hope TiGlide hubs on Mavic X517 Ceramic rims and Magura HS-33 hydraulic rim brakes.
What I'm tempted to do is change the wheels and brakes for disc spec. What do you lot recommend? Bearing in mind I want to maintain the XTRish high-spec (but not necessarily stick with Shimano) ? Are Avid or Hope disc setups the best? Or are the Shimano ones as good/better?
I also want the wheels to be very light, possibly with a low spoke count (I'm only 11st and mechanically sympathetic) and have decent quality hubs with sealed bearings.
Any ideas would be grand!
EDIT - Oh, and I only ever do singletrack work. So no need for any hardcore bombproof downhill-spec gear.
I have a lovely 2001 Klein Attitude that I'm thinking of turning into a proper more-modern bike.
It's currently got some modern carbon goodies (seatpost, bars and bottle cage), M970 XTR crankset, both mechs and rapidfire shifters (I'll buy some SPDs to match soon), Hope TiGlide hubs on Mavic X517 Ceramic rims and Magura HS-33 hydraulic rim brakes.
What I'm tempted to do is change the wheels and brakes for disc spec. What do you lot recommend? Bearing in mind I want to maintain the XTRish high-spec (but not necessarily stick with Shimano) ? Are Avid or Hope disc setups the best? Or are the Shimano ones as good/better?
I also want the wheels to be very light, possibly with a low spoke count (I'm only 11st and mechanically sympathetic) and have decent quality hubs with sealed bearings.
Any ideas would be grand!
EDIT - Oh, and I only ever do singletrack work. So no need for any hardcore bombproof downhill-spec gear.