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Mountain bike help Part 2
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I made a thread on here a while ago about advice on buying a mountain bike. I now think I have a better idea of what I want. I thought I wanted a fully but now know I really dont need one and shouldnt use it for riding to work. I think I will get a fully after a couple more years when I am a better rider and can put one to good use. A lot of people recomemed me the style of bikes like Spec. P.2s but I think that is a little more BMX street style than I want. Looking for some more suggestions for a bike that will be ridden to work about 50 miles a week, flat xc/off road trails about 20 miles a week, and about 10-15 miles(more if I have time) Mountain style trails wtih some 10, probably not over 15 foot drops. Any and all advice would be sweet. Thanks
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ok first your not going to be doing 10-15 foot drops buddy haha. especially if you are a beginner which it sounds like you are.
oh and good luck hitting a 15 footer with a stock xc bike.
But besides that...i would get some old road bike to go to work on (garage sale ect) and then by an aggressive hardtail. such as the p2. you wont regret it.
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Well chubs, Last summer I was riding a total dirt cheap bike, an old trek with no suspension of any kind and I was hitting 10-12 footers. And I am not a beginner. No sir. I used to ride BMX like a mofo, but started slowly letting up on that and getting in to mountain in the past couple of years.
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AR5 is right, you're a nub. Anybody can huck their bike off a drop, but not everyone can respect the limits of their equipment. No sir.
I agree with the P. Series suggestion but I'd step it up to a p.3. Comes with more aggressive parts that will take a drop.
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i'd get a gary fisher monocog 29 or a different 29er for commuting and xc riding.
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I highly doubt you dropping 10-12fters with a rigid. Anyway, if you have the change, try a spec sx trail. This bike will do everything, but it really fills the gap between xc and dh. It is more oriented towards freeride (barrelcloth kills everything with it) but it will still climb and of course handle well in the flats.
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If I were you I would go to wal mart and get a huffy. those things are top of the line nothing better than those things you could take them off 50-100 foot drops onto a flat landing and be fine
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Forget all that! Get a road bike. Like a cannondale CAAD9 with some Zipp404s hangin off it!
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norco rampage, wont break, and can take hella drops yet still go cross country
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Yeah i have an 05 p.2 and love. if you rode bmx before you will feel more comfortable on it. if your are going to be doing a lot of trails, specialized just came out w/ a p. all mountain. the geomotry is differnt but will still take some good sized jumps. plus lifetime warranty on the frame.
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what you are talking about does not exist. its that simple. there is NO bike that will be able to effectively do 50+ mile road rides and HC cross country, and still be able to handle freeriding. not only is it an issue of suspension, and durability/weight of the equipment, but also the geometry. if you take a freeride rig, and try and do 50 miles on it, youll die. the ridding position is HORRIBLY uneffective, and it works the same way for the freeride aspect. what you need to do, is buy a decent cheap, used road bike, or build a fixed gear. spend 100 dollars or so. then, buy an all mountain/freeride hardtail. that way you can ride the agressive, fun XC stuff, as well as the freeride elements. you are a retard if you try and do all this with one bike.
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for free ride hardtail i suggest a banshee morphine, or norco manik(or something like it),or kona, or some thing else along the lines of this.
no xc bike can withstand 10-15 feet drops for prolonged times. no matter the riders skill. dont cheap out. frames are almost the same in manufacturer lines, it is the components that make the difference.
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Here's my advice, get an old roadbike at a yard sale, usually $25-50 get it tuned up and commute on that, then spend good money on a bike that's strictly for off road usage.
When it was warm enough I would ride 7 miles each way to school on a 1991 Murray Spectra that I converted into a fixed gear. you don't need a high dollar bike to do the job
I would suggest saving some money and picking up a new Specialized Enduro for your off road ride, simply amazing bikes.
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Ahhh I didn't read very well, scrap the Enduro, Get a hard tail frame that could handle some where around a 150mm fork, im not sure if there are any complete bikes with that out there now as I've been out of MTB's for a few months and more into bmx.
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anyone here riding or even better racing a 69er combo?
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just kiddin. post count +1
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id say get 2 bikes 1 for the xc riding and 1 for the freeride stuff. no way will you find a bike that will do both really well. norco bigfoot's or a DMR exalt (dont no if you get them over there) there good freeriders the exalt can take 1300 to 180mm travel forks and something like a scott hardtail for the XC if you can aford it.
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Horrible bike to ride in my opinion, I traded bikes with a local when I went on a ride with my local shop (About 12 miles ranging from pathement, Logging Roads and technical descents)I couldn't race one of those bikes for teh life of me, the front rolls over everything so nice and smoothly then the back end just slams into shit like nobodies problem. Just make you mind and go either 26 or 29, its not that hard of a decision.
Fisher Rig's are sweet, If I didn't have 4-5 XC bikes Id have one.
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Yeah I'm looking to build up a mountain bike for the local race circuit here. I race road and cyclocross. But that's a good explanation of what a 69er does. Had me laughing for a minute or two. What would be your weapon of choice for a smooth mtn course covered in the shale type rock.
And to the guy that started this thread, did you checkout the link I posted? that's the bike I'd build if I was in your position
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is your old bike still in tact cause hahah a bike with no suspention could not handle that type of riding and i dont think your rists would still be in tact either lol newb
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wrong wrong wrong. ride a bmx for a week and youll figure it out. its the trail itself thatll break it nd your wrists.
ive been riding a hardtail (stp) for a year and a half now. still works.
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In my opinion, you should go for the Specialized Enduro, sure it's a little heavy, but it rides nice and can take some hard shit
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