Ok, I'm in need of a bit of help as to what I should do at the end of this season.
Right now, I'm riding a Balfa and since balfa is being killed off next year, I'm thinking I shouldn't keep it for too long. If I sell it this year, its value will be higher, thus giving me a little more leverage towards a new bike. I've got several options:
-Sell the frame, buy a frame, use the old parts
-Sell the entire bike, buy a new bike
Now, recently, I've been sponsored (if you can call it that) by Soul Cycles. I want to build up a hardtail. I'm horribly un-smooth as it is now, and I feel it would help a lot in my riding, but that means I'll have to spend money now, which leads to less money towards a new DH bike next season.
This sponsorship gives me discounts on many parts and I would like to use it to get the parts for the new DH bike, but to get the parts I have to get one of their frames (which isn't a big expense, but I don't have the money right now to get all of the parts for a hardtail as well as a dh bike.) At this point, I would like to get one of their hardtails soon, seeing how I can get an extra discount due to their 2004 closeout.
Basically:
-Balfa being killed off = selling balfa bike
-Selling Balfa = getting new bike (looking at a vp-free)
-Sponsorship = cheap parts
-getting cheap parts = getting a hardtail frame
-getting cheap parts for a DH bike and a hardtail = relatively large expense
-Relatively large expense = hard to get for an un-employed fifteen-year-old
Ok, now with that fairly clear, I basically need to get a hardtail in order to get a new DH bike for a large discount. I really don't HAVE to get an entire hardtail, I just have to order the frame in order to get parts, but this means that I'll have to buy parts for the hardtail at full price later on. It would be easiest and cheapest to get everything all at once, but that's still a lot of money at once, and for an un-employed fifteen-year-old that's not easy.
Right now, I'm riding a Balfa and since balfa is being killed off next year, I'm thinking I shouldn't keep it for too long. If I sell it this year, its value will be higher, thus giving me a little more leverage towards a new bike. I've got several options:
-Sell the frame, buy a frame, use the old parts
-Sell the entire bike, buy a new bike
Now, recently, I've been sponsored (if you can call it that) by Soul Cycles. I want to build up a hardtail. I'm horribly un-smooth as it is now, and I feel it would help a lot in my riding, but that means I'll have to spend money now, which leads to less money towards a new DH bike next season.
This sponsorship gives me discounts on many parts and I would like to use it to get the parts for the new DH bike, but to get the parts I have to get one of their frames (which isn't a big expense, but I don't have the money right now to get all of the parts for a hardtail as well as a dh bike.) At this point, I would like to get one of their hardtails soon, seeing how I can get an extra discount due to their 2004 closeout.
Basically:
-Balfa being killed off = selling balfa bike
-Selling Balfa = getting new bike (looking at a vp-free)
-Sponsorship = cheap parts
-getting cheap parts = getting a hardtail frame
-getting cheap parts for a DH bike and a hardtail = relatively large expense
-Relatively large expense = hard to get for an un-employed fifteen-year-old
Ok, now with that fairly clear, I basically need to get a hardtail in order to get a new DH bike for a large discount. I really don't HAVE to get an entire hardtail, I just have to order the frame in order to get parts, but this means that I'll have to buy parts for the hardtail at full price later on. It would be easiest and cheapest to get everything all at once, but that's still a lot of money at once, and for an un-employed fifteen-year-old that's not easy.
. I just had to put my thoughts down.
Anyways, Yosei I think if you really want to get a new dh bike before balfa goes under, then now would be the time to do it. I say, if you are looking to sell your 2Step frame and use a lot of your old parts on a new dh frame, that would be a good idea, but otherwise, since SoulCycles does not have a dh frame, you might as well buy their hardtail frame, then get a dh frame or bike for you to build up or upgrade with your discounts. Just as long as you dont be a lame ass and sell your Titan frame once you get it. (I already have mine and plan on building it up soon. 
