Quote Originally Posted by Irulan View Post
Your bike sounds fine. Disc brakes are all the thing now, but you really only NEED them if you ride in consistently wet conditions.

The general philosophy that most folks I know go by is, "it aint the bike it's the rider". Sounds like you have a good set of bike handling skills. For some ideas on mountain bike specific skills, I've got a good list on my website,
http://www.specialtyoutdoors.com/pen...g/ridetips.asp

Probably the biggest difference in getting on the trail is how much more time you spend OUT of the saddle, using your whole body.

Now go have some fun.
Thanks! I'll go check out your website here in a just a few. This is a list of components on my bike. http://www.bikepedia.com/QuickBike/B...2874&Type=bike I don't know what any of it means though. As far as if I need something or not. It's from bike pedia and my bike has all of the factory components except for the pedals which are the shimano ones that are regular pedals on one side and clipless on the other. I know I need different tires just because mine are kind of worn. I was actually wondering about the rear cassette. Should I change it? And the brakes. Anyway, if you or anyone else could look at this and give me some advice I'd appreciate it. I'm mainly going to be road riding but I thought maybe MTB in the winter if it's not too wet would be a good time to kind of practice. On some less technical trails of course.
Thanks again,
Gray