Mountain Bikes?

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I know some guys on here ride road bikes but who rides mountian bikes? I'm looking for any input on some bikes, me and the girly are gonna start riding during the week and those random free weekends (between racing, crawling, motocross, school, and projects). There are a ton of trail systems and loops within and hour's drive from our house (roughly 20+ different places). I'm selling off one of my quads and one of my extra race motors so ill have alittle bit of cash to get me a nice bike.

I have a long background in bmx so im looking forward to trail riding and playing around. I've ridden a nice FS trek of my buddies and it was awesome but im not looking to drop 4g on a bike like that. But i do want a nice entry level all mountain bike that has the best components that i can get. I'm not gonna be blasting 30 foot jumps (15-20 prolly) and beating the hell out of it, i do want to buy new, it needs to have 4-6inches of travel with preferably fox fork and shock, the fox will have lockouts also, hydraulic brakes, good rims, and most importantly a good drivetrain. I'm 6' tall 34" inseam 175-180 average build

I don't want a hardtail or a 29'er, i felt comfy on a large framed FS 26 bike and id like it to be under 30 pounds. I've been considering a Cannondale, Fezzari, Motobecane, and a few others, If the bike has EVERYTHING im looking for im willing to splurge a little for it, such as this bike http://www.fezzari.com/outlet-mountain/nebo-peak-2010

any suggestions for a bike that i would like, mostly fast trail riding, maybe a little pump track action, some bmx style jumps, alot of climbing, just messing around mostly. I just want a good solid all mountain bike that i can ride all day and not worry about. would like to keep it under 2500 and that would have to be a nice bike for me to put down that much.




For the Girly she just wants a light weight hard tail 26 with a good drivetrain, decent fork (doesnt have to have lockout) looking for somethign about 22 pounds or less. she is 5'9 130 she wont be hard on the bike at all, it does need good brakes because she won't go fast in the rough or be jumping much, she is in it for the exercise and time away from work. she doesnt care if its new or used as long as it get the job done and has a good drivetrain the cheaper the better for her...