hey, i just got the new giant stp 2, and i pretty much stripped it down.
ive been riding trials for about 2 days, coming off my single speed 243, i could always bunny hop, and i can pedal kick around and down stuff pretty well, it makes me feel good anyway.
so far ive changed the fork to my 04 exr pro air (85mm) that i had, bars to 28" fsa, sram drivetrain, xt v brakes, maxxis high roller rear and minion front
i was thinking of changing the following:
hubs to old (but almost new cond) parralax XT, eventually king hubs
fork to fox 85mm, i was going to go w/ the planet x, but its just way to low, drops the front of my bike by about 3" and my hta to like 75 deg
brakes to XTR v set (plaxpads) or magura rim brakes, which ive owned, and they have seem to lost alot of theyre power, my friend owns them now, and the xts stop much better.
seat, something smaller and less painful???
e-13 22t bash, are they strong?
right now my longest pedal kick was about, hop up 1 foot, across 4, then down 1, so i dont know how the xt hubs will hold up, but better than these MAYBE joytech or tectro hubs