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April 12, 2010 at 12:23
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Best upgrades you can do to that bike is a Fork and new wheels. To get a good set of wheels and nice fork, you will probably spend twice what the bike cost so I dont know if that is really worth it to you.
I would wear just a normal helmet, a full face is not needed for XC. You also shouldn’t need any other padding unless you normally fall a lot.