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Advice on a good hardtail.
Hi. I am pretty new to the board and want to know a good hardtail to bu
for around $1000. I am 5'7, with an inseam of about 31". I will be usin the bike for trail-riding. Nothing serious like jumping 8 feet an stuff. Basic trail riding with roots and mud and hills - |
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Advice on a good hardtail.
frodge wrote:
Hi. I am pretty new to the board and want to know a good hardtail to buy for around $1000. I am 5'7, with an inseam of about 31". I will be using the bike for trail-riding. Nothing serious like jumping 8 feet and stuff. Basic trail riding with roots and mud and hills. http://tinyurl.com/3cglf Not sure if you can get it for under $1000, but it looks fun to ride. Tom (just tryin' to help) |
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tcmedara wrote:
frodge wrote: Hi. I am pretty new to the board and want to know a good hardtail to buy for around $1000. I am 5'7, with an inseam of about 31". I will be using the bike for trail-riding. Nothing serious like jumping 8 feet and stuff. Basic trail riding with roots and mud and hills. http://tinyurl.com/3cglf Seat looks comfortable. Not sure if you can get it for under $1000, but it looks fun to ride. You pig. Bill "a fan" S. |
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frodge wrote:
Hi. I am pretty new to the board and want to know a good hardtail to buy for around $1000. I am 5'7, with an inseam of about 31". I will be using the bike for trail-riding. Nothing serious like jumping 8 feet and stuff. Basic trail riding with roots and mud and hills. That's a /fairly/ long inseam for your height, so it's even more important that you enlist the help of professionals with bike selection and fit. In other words, visit some Local Bike Shops (LBSs) and ask questions and take test rides. You can get a helluva bike for a grand these days, but it MUST FIT or you won't enjoy riding it. Bill "go forth and shop" S. |
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" S o r n i" wrote in message ... frodge wrote: Hi. I am pretty new to the board and want to know a good hardtail to buy for around $1000. I am 5'7, with an inseam of about 31". I will be using the bike for trail-riding. Nothing serious like jumping 8 feet and stuff. Basic trail riding with roots and mud and hills. That's a /fairly/ long inseam for your height, so it's even more important that you enlist the help of professionals with bike selection and fit. In other words, visit some Local Bike Shops (LBSs) and ask questions and take test rides. You can get a helluva bike for a grand these days, but it MUST FIT or you won't enjoy riding it. Bill "go forth and shop" S. Heh, this is the guy that inadvertently started the brawl over bike fit - he said his 19.5" Trek felt great, but reading about bike fit convinced him he was wrong. Frodge, you just bought a bike. Ride it for at least a year. You're not going to develop enough skills, ride enough miles, or race so much that the low-end-Trek you have won't last. In that space of time you will have learned enough to make your own decisions as to what you should ride. Don't listen to us; you'll get everything from "rigid steel SS" to "Ti FS or bust." Chris |
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Thanks guys. I will check back in 6 months to a year after I have put some miles on. I guess my skills are crap right now anyway and the Trek will be o.k. for now. :cool
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"frodge" wrote in message .. . Thanks guys. I will check back in 6 months to a year after I have put some miles on. I guess my skills are crap right now anyway and the Trek will be o.k. for now. One thing you might do---keep checking the Trek web site looking for when the DEMO program comes to a trail within a reasonable distance of your area... You can ride several different sized bikes, and also get the assistance of the Trek people in choosing the right frame size for you. And in particular, you can try riding several different styles of mountain bikes on real trails--you can see how you like a good hard tail, how you like a full suspension cross country bike, how you like an "All Mountain" bike with 5 inches front and back suspension, how you feel about extremely light versus extremely plush, etc. You get to do this over real obstacles, not a parking lot where you can tell NOTHING about how the bike will ride over technical obstacles for you. A lot of people on this NG hate Trek, and with that in mind, I'll add that the DEMO program can help you with what style of bike, and does not have to be about choosing a Trek--you may decide you like an All Mountain design, and then gravitate to some other manufacturer for the All Mountain bike you will actually get ( or X-country, or hardtail, etc). Personally, I like my Trek Liquid 25....its awesome in the rooty type of riding we have in south florida, and its holding up well to the abuse I've been giving it ( Got it in January, been hammering very rooty trails 3 to 4 days per week on average since then...I weigh 212 pounds now, and I put alot of stress on a bike frame. For the people who claim the Treks have weak backends, I have to say this is nonsense. I don't use it to jump off 7 foot drops onto flat landings, but to me that is not mountain biking....If that's what you like, get a bmx or freeride bike, start banging your head into concrete walls for at least 30 minutes a day to help further reduce your IQ, and try skateboarding in your spare time;-) Regards, Dan V |
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Dan Volker wrote:
"frodge" wrote in message news:2%_sc.2- - netserver.com... Thanks guys. I will check back in 6 months to a year after I have put some miles on. I guess my skills are crap right now anyway and the Trek will be o.k. for now. One thing you might do---keep checking the Trek web site looking for when the DEMO program comes to a trail within a reasonable distance of your area... You can ride several different sized bikes, and also get the assistance of the Trek people in choosing the right frame size for you. And in particular, you can try riding several different styles of mountain bikes on real trails--you can see how you like a good hard tail, how you like a full suspension cross country bike, how you like an "All Mountain" bike with 5 inches front and back suspension, how you feel about extremely light versus extremely plush, etc. You get to do this over real obstacles, not a parking lot where you can tell NOTHING about how the bike will ride over technical obstacles for you. A lot of people on this NG hate Trek, and with that in mind, I'll add that the DEMO program can help you with what style of bike, and does not have to be about choosing a Trek-- you may decide you like an All Mountain design, and then gravitate to some other manufacturer for the All Mountain bike you will actually get ( or X-country, or hardtail, etc). Personally, I like my Trek Liquid 25....its awesome in the rooty type of riding we have in south florida, and its holding up well to the abuse I've been giving it ( Got it in January, been hammering very rooty trails 3 to 4 days per week on average since then...I weigh 212 pounds now, and I put alot of stress on a bike frame. For the people who claim the Treks have weak backends, I have to say this is nonsense. I don't use it to jump off 7 foot drops onto flat landings, but to me that is not mountain biking....If that's what you like, get a bmx or freeride bike, start banging your head into concrete walls for at least 30 minutes a day to help further reduce your IQ, and try skateboarding in your spare time;-) Regards, Dan V Haha. That last part is pretty funny. I just bought a Trek 4900 amont ago and like it a lot. It is a little big for me because I didn't kno anything until after I bought it. I know it is not a heavy duty trai bike, but for right now it is not bad I guess. I will look into you suggestions. The bike shop will not work with me with the issue that th bike i a little big. For what I am doing right now, it seems to be ok - |
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"Dan Volker" wrote in message . ..
"frodge" wrote in message .. . Thanks guys. I will check back in 6 months to a year after I have put some miles on. I guess my skills are crap right now anyway and the Trek will be o.k. for now. One thing you might do---keep checking the Trek web site looking for when the DEMO program comes to a trail within a reasonable distance of your area... Naw - skip Trek and try out a Giant or Marin HT. Good stuff. The Marin can be had in steel, which is nice. [snip Trek commercial, LOL] A lot of people on this NG hate Trek But that's where you're wrong. There might be one or two, but not "lot[s]". The fact is that Trek makes some OK bikes, and that some of them might be acceptable to some buyers. But to just recommend "Trek" every time a newbie comes in is nothing but brand loyalty. [snip continuing Trek commercial] Personally, I like my Trek Liquid 25 Of course you do - you bought it, so it *must* be great! For the people who claim the Treks have weak backends, I have to say this is nonsense. And you are a materials engineer? Those carbon stays are a gimmick, and flexy as hell. Been there, done that. Any serious MTBer would run away. At the same price point, you can get better bikes from other makers, including Specialized and Marin. Four-bar, real pivots, solid and no Bontrager craptastic drivetrain shiite. When one of those CF stays finally lets go, I hope you don't crash too badly, and I hope it doesn't screw up the other parts too badly. What I'd love to hear is if Carla or Jim have ever tested one of these flexy Liquids - I'd like to know what a real mountain biker thinks of these bikes. Frodge: Ride the damn bike, save your money, do some research (not asking questions in a.m-b., but real look-it-up research, and for gawd's sake - stay away from the LBS that sold you that bike. Come back after riding the thing over the summer, and see how you feel. -- Jonesy |
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Advice on a good hardtail.
go to your local bikeshops and look for a good deal on last years
models....most bang for the buck. "frodge" wrote in message .. . Hi. I am pretty new to the board and want to know a good hardtail to buy for around $1000. I am 5'7, with an inseam of about 31". I will be using the bike for trail-riding. Nothing serious like jumping 8 feet and stuff. Basic trail riding with roots and mud and hills. -- |
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