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Post by waldowally on Jul 29, 2016 11:58:17 GMT -7
Bike stuff in this thread.
I'm thinking of getting a downhill bike for out here but don't want to spend $3k on one. Diamondback and giant seem to have some entry level ish ones, thoughts?
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Post by SolarGarlic 🧀 on Jul 29, 2016 12:00:16 GMT -7
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Post by ferd on Jul 29, 2016 12:00:39 GMT -7
When Phish couldn't get it together for Hello My Baby at my first Phish show, Fishman sang Bike.
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Post by higs on Jul 29, 2016 12:00:57 GMT -7
Yeah, I'm in the market for something I can ride around town for a few hundred dollars. Something I can get at Dicks? Suggestions, please? Brands to avoid?
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Post by ferd on Jul 29, 2016 12:01:12 GMT -7
Set 1: Golgi Apparatus, Chalk Dust Torture, Bouncing Around the Room, Wolfman's Brother, Divided Sky, Heavy Things, Walk Away, Wilson, Tube, Alaska, David Bowie
Set 2: Down with Disease[1] > Free, Guyute, Piper -> When the Circus Comes, Harry Hood > The Squirming Coil, You Enjoy Myself
Encore: Grind, Hello My Baby[2], Hold Your Head Up > Bike > Hold Your Head Up, Loving Cup
[1] Unfinished.
[2] Aborted.
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Post by ferd on Jul 29, 2016 12:01:47 GMT -7
I have a Specialized Hard Rock that's probably 15 years old at this point that gets me from point A to point B w/ no issues. It's a mountain bike but I put road tires on it.
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Post by goodtimes on Jul 29, 2016 12:10:00 GMT -7
I have specialized rock hopper I thought it was badass when I got it then I moved to WA and everyone has 3K full suspension and I basically have a child's toy.
I still really like my bike. Depends on how hardcore off road your going to be doing
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Post by goodtimes on Jul 29, 2016 12:11:18 GMT -7
FTR I think spending more than a grand on a bike seems insain
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Post by ferd on Jul 29, 2016 12:11:50 GMT -7
Just depends on how much discretionary income you have I guess.
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Post by waldowally on Jul 29, 2016 12:18:52 GMT -7
To get me a decent downhill bike for the mountains here looks like I will need to drop about $1800 unless I buy used which I'm leery about due to how hard they are ridden
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2016 12:19:35 GMT -7
I'd look for a used one. But I'm not sure I'd get a downhill bike unless you are already pretty handy on a trail bike.
New alloy version of specialized demo 8 is pretty sweet though.
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Post by waldowally on Jul 29, 2016 12:22:05 GMT -7
I've ridden a lot when I was younger and even did some real downhill single track in the mountains of Montana. On a hard tail. Was sketch as fuck.
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Post by lordkundalini on Jul 29, 2016 12:22:18 GMT -7
Yeah, I'm in the market for something I can ride around town for a few hundred dollars. Something I can get at Dicks? Suggestions, please? Brands to avoid? my wife and I just got to bikes at dicks maybe a month ago tops,. some Japanese name.. originally 300 or so.. got for 199. my wife was riding around the store having fun we are real happy for our purposes.. my friend made comment when he rode it that he liked the brakes. cannot remember name |
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Post by lerner on Jul 29, 2016 12:23:21 GMT -7
 Ive got one of these... puch |
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Post by waldowally on Jul 29, 2016 12:23:26 GMT -7
Plus downhill is the most fkt friendly biking. Ride the gondola up and rage the trail down
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2016 12:25:11 GMT -7
Yeah, I'm in the market for something I can ride around town for a few hundred dollars. Something I can get at Dicks? Suggestions, please? Brands to avoid? my suggestion is don't buy a bike at dicks. The components are all garbage on those things and the frames weigh metric fuckton. Get an entry level trek/specialized/giant/Raleigh etc used on cl. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2016 12:28:29 GMT -7
You can get a long travel enduro bike that will handle anything you can throw at it and still be able to go uphill. With the advances in the all mountain category, a dh bike is too much for all but the absolute gnarliest shit.
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Post by frododoknobo on Jul 29, 2016 12:32:03 GMT -7
Buy on CL, without question.
For your DH bike too. It will be cheaper to buy used and get the front and rear shock serviced in most cases. A good idea would be to ask the seller to let you bring it to a bike shop to get checked out first.
I built my bike from CL and eBay. I have a really good friend that is a serious bike tech. He ended up rebuilding my wheels a year later. I bought some sweet Chris King's that were laced to garbage. Now those wheels are bomb proof.
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Post by waldowally on Jul 29, 2016 12:34:10 GMT -7
I'm just worried about a used full suspension what if I miss a frame crack or some shit.
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Post by waldowally on Jul 29, 2016 12:35:14 GMT -7
How much front and rear travel would you want Dan if you were going to hit keystone or somewhere like that?
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