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Originally Posted by AcGold
I've got an old gary fisher bike; a 1999 kaitai I think http://lumin.us/msr/forums/kaitai/katai_side.jpg
I want to take it in to a shop and get it all fixed up and maybe get some new tires. Any advice on what things I should get done to it to improve the performance or what tires are good? I primarily ride on the roads but also ride a little on some trails around nosehill. I've got about $500 to spend and basically want to make it indestructible. Going down curbs seems to be the most impact on the tires and I ride it pretty hard but don't want really beefy tires that slow me down a lot. Also; I know very little about bike tech. The bike is very well built so I don't want to get a new one. |
Bike is 15 yrs old, $500 is a lot to pump into a bike of this vintage. you likely can no longer get parts for that suspension fork, good quality tires will run you $50 to $100 each ($30 if you go with a low end Kenda).
Lots of mixed messages in your post - you ride hard, but don't want beefy tires that slow you down - you ride mostly on the street with some trail/nose hill thrown in.
Take the bike to your LBS and have them have a look at it and see what they recommend in terms of what needs to be fixed. You can likely get a bike of equal value for a $1,000.