earvinnill

I have a Foxter Evans 3.0 Bike which is a low budget bike. I'm planning to reduce
it's weight and I already changed the stock fork to epixon fork and I love the result of it.

So should I upgrade the frame or the groupset or the wheelset to lessen it's weight. I only have $400 (converted to dollar) budget
to upgrade my bike. I hope you can answer my question. Thank you!

Update:
These are the specs:Foxter Evans 3.0 Hydraulic Brake Size 27.5 model 2018

24 Speed Gears ! ( 8 x 3 Set Up)

Fork Foxter with Lock out ! -- Already replaced with Epixon

Shimano Gears

Oversize Bar and Stem

Heavy Duty Alloy Frame Square Tubing

27.5 Bike 5'4 to 5'10

Great Affordable Entry Level 27.5 BikeSpecifications:

Frame: Foxter Alloy 6061 Thick Frame Square Tubing 27.5

Fork: Foxter Suspension with Lock Out

Handlebar: Foxter Oversize Alloy

Stem: Foxter oversize Alloy

Shifter: Shimano 8 Speed Shimano Altus

Brakes: Shimano Hydraulic Brakes

Front Derailer: Shimano Tourney

Rear Derailer: Shimano Tourney

Crank: Foxter Steel Triple Chainwheel

Cogs: Taiwan 8 Speed

Tires: CST Jet 27.5 x 1.95

Seat Clamp: Quick Release

Rotors: Shimano Rotor Discs

bonsai171

Not really familiar with that bike, but if you enjoy it, ride till the tires fall off It may not be possible to find a decent frame for that price, not to mention all the labor or time to move the parts over. Maybe go tubeless if you can?

Dave

daoswald

The biggest impact to be made would be if you deemed the current set of tires to be sub-optimal for your use case. Do you need knobby tires? Or do you spend almost all of your time on the road, with a small amount of packed dirt once in awhile? If so, go for some tires with a smoother middle-portion and some tread at the corners/sides. Or go narrower, or both. Nothing will make the bike more of a pleasure to ride on-road more than swapping out off-road tires for on-road tires. Weight reduction is only really a factor if you do a lot of hill climbing, and even then, that bike certainly has the right gears for climbing (though with excessive weight, you wouldn't climb fast).

After that, I'd wait to discover what bugs you most. Tourney drivetrain isn't awesome, but it does work fairly well, and could give you years of service if properly maintained. If the drivetrain does really bug you, you could swap out to a higher end groupset but you'll have to do some research to identify what components can and cannot work together. It would be a shame to upgrade to Alivio rear derailleur and discover it's incompatible with your shifters and cassette, for example. The crankset and chainrings are probably where you could most easily save some weight.

I cannot imagine putting an upgraded frame on a Tourney groupset. But on the other hand I can't imagine putting a Deore-XT groupset on a cheap frame. So ride it as is (with appropriate tires) and get your money's worth out of it.

earvinnill

Hi! I updated my First post with the specs of the bike. I'm also considering to switch it to tubeless

hig4s

If you plan on doing technical trails, add a dropper post.

earvinnill

I love hill climbing and been practicing it. So should I change tires now?
Ohh so if I'm going to buy a deore groupset, it mayhave a chance that it is still not compatible to my bike frame?

Do you have suggestion what crankset and chainring should i buy?

earvinnill

I'm doing trails but I love hill climbing most.

prj71

$400 isn't going to reduce much weight on that bike.

The biggest weight reducer that is noticeable will be the wheelset and a tubeless setup.

But $400 won't get you a wheelset that's much lighter than what you already have.

You're better off saving your pennies and buying a better bike.

earvinnill

Thank you for your suggestion

grubetown

Maelstrom 

So I won't disagree with the "save and buy a new bike" idea. It is likely the most efficient path to weight loss and improved performance. However in order of priority to save weight and improve the ride (imho)

Wheelset + Tubeless - $$$$
1x setup - $
higher end fork - $$$
Drive train (rear cassette especially) - $$$ - $$$$$$$$$$$$$
Carbon cockpit - $$$$$$$$$$$$

Imho, the most important upgrades made to bikes today, if you have a bike worth spending the money using standard sizes

• Dropper Seatpost (will add weight) - there are some great affordable options there days. Just make sure you aren't buying something that can't be transfered
• Wheelset + tubeless

In general, when I started out with my Kona Roast in 2002, the parts were average and heavy and not suited to my riding. So I would slowly switch out parts as they broke. WIthin a year I had a killer HT built on a killer frame with some seriously burly freeride parts. That bike then lasted me 16 years. Doing it this way was like a slow payment plan, to create a much more expensive bike, however this way also meant the bike over time cost me $4000cdn. It would have just cost me $2500 if I had the cash up front.

So in my head this is an if else question

If, in the near future you can afford a better bikeElseif can't affordin futureThat is likely your decision path and everyone will have recommendations but you kind of need to decide your own priorities.

Best of luck..

zoolzoo

StarBiker

Just chiming in because I was considering a wheel set upgrade on my 09 Gary Fisher Cobia. Your probably right. But man, when I took the rear wheel off to check the pads it was like half the weight of the bike was the rear wheel. Exaggerating, but still.......

BrocLuno

You already did the big upgrade - air fork. Now it's little stuff. But the best way to manage this is to take weight off up high first. Carbon bars, stem, etc. Lighter comfy saddle. Then work your way down to the lower stuff.

Dropper seat-post adds weight. If you have the time at the top of a climb, just manually drop your seat post for the run down.

The biggest difference in perceived effect is tires. Tubeless to stop pinch flats, but tread pattern and compound make the real difference. What a soft compound tire will do is night and day different than what a street compound tire will do.

At your budget, I'd put most of the money in the best tires and go tubeless

CakeChaser

+ 1 for lightening the wheels, tubeless, lightish tyres (within reason) ...I did this 25 years ago moving from steel to alum. Rotational weight reduction makes the most difference. Keep an eye on Ebay for bits and bobs, moving to carbon from alloy. Enjoy.

Kapusta

Darth Lefty 

I'd buy "upgrades" that you could also move to a new bike because they are universal fit, and are mostly contact points.

Tires
Saddle
Grips
Pedals
Handlebar & stem (for comfort and position, not quality or weight)
Accessories, tools, clothes, lights

I'm either-or on the dropper post. It's a good thing to have but doesn't go as well on a bike with no cable routing and a left shifter. And they mostly come in the three most common seat post sizes, which you might not have if you are unlucky.

Other than that keep it clean and lubed, ride it like you stole it, make repairs on your budget.