Whenever I mess with my bike brakes, I only do one wheel, then a few rides later allow myself to do the other. That way if I botch it I should have another brake that sorta still works.
This doesn’t work for mountain biking, because often the limiting factor is something like frame geometry, which means buying a whole bike to change.
The good news is you can get a decent quality used bike for very decent money, and change cheaper components to suit, things like pedals, seat, handlebars etc are very subjective.
Ride until you break stuff, then upgrade what broke or what’s limiting you. Logical increments is a great way to live imo.
I don’t recommend this with brakes ironically enough
Whenever I mess with my bike brakes, I only do one wheel, then a few rides later allow myself to do the other. That way if I botch it I should have another brake that sorta still works.
This doesn’t work for mountain biking, because often the limiting factor is something like frame geometry, which means buying a whole bike to change.
The good news is you can get a decent quality used bike for very decent money, and change cheaper components to suit, things like pedals, seat, handlebars etc are very subjective.