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How to Change Stock Parts on a Mountain Bike

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Summary: Learn about changing stock parts on a mountain bike in this free bike care and maintenance video series.

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How to Change Stock Parts on a Mountain Bike

For the most part, a bike that you buy at a bike shop, fully-assembled, is going to be set up for an idealized rider in idealized conditions. Depending on where you live, how you ride, and how you're shaped; the changes that you can make to your bike to more suit your needs are pretty varied. You can have a bike that's set up for your average rider, your average conditions. Say you live someplace that has really steep trails, you might want a wider handlebar for more leverage. You might want a higher handlebar to raise your front end a little bit when you're descending. At the same time, you might want a handlebar with medium rise if you want your handlebars a little lower for better cornering. If you ride a lot of really steep hills, you might want to change your gear cluster out from something that's more moderate-sized to something with a really large cassette. Depending on your ergonomics, how you're shaped, you might want to change your seat for something different. Often times, the stock-length stem that you find on a complete bike might not be the right length for either how you want to ride or how you're shaped. So there's all sorts of things; other gearing, the type of pedals that you use, tires. Everything always has room for fine-tuning. So it's always good to remember you get a good value by buying a complete bike, but sometimes you have to change some parts out.

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