Mountain Bikes?

[rootar]

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...

[aqwut]

I do my shopping at MTBR.com, pricepoint and pinkbike

[trev3813]

Honestly, best thing is to go to a couple of local bike shops and ask questions, test ride, more questions, and don't do the parking lot test ride, whats that good for? A good bike shop will let you take it off curbs and in the dirt, try the suspension and adjustments, i come from a DH background so im used to 6"+ FS bikes, plush and such, Pink bike and mtbr are good sites. Best of luck to you!

[PBO]

You: Specialized Stumpjumper FSR Elite

Girly: Giant Anthem X1W - get a used one

[JERRY2KONE]

Me too. I am going through the same sort of process at the moment for my wife & I. I have already picked up a mountain bike for her through a militray base exchange, because she did not really care too much about spending a ton of money on her bike, but she wants me to get a nice bike. Since we are in Prague Trek is the bike of choice for most here. They do have a huge variety in designs for Trek selling from $1000 to about $5000 depending on just how fancy you wish to go on your setup. They actually have some very nice bikes sporting exactly what you suggested for about $2500 and I am considering going that route because I have a lot of time to get out on the trails during the day while she is at work. The benefits of retirement. The cannondale bikes are also nice but wof the setup you mentioned they are up in the $4000 to $5000 range, but still a very solid purchase. Good luck with your purchase as well.

[trev3813]

I demo'd a 2011 Trek Scratch 9 Air. I want it so bad!

[gtxracer]

I love my Kona Coiler!






As you can tell it goes to a lot of different places. Done free ride, downhill, XC, etc etc. I need a better front fork and possibly brakes but overall a great bike.

I'd also take a look at Yeti, the 575 is killer. Runs for a little under 3 grand with their Enduro build kit, which isn't too shabby.

[rootar]

speaking of the Yeti ive been looking up the best bike shops in the area found 3 awesome shops with in an hour's drive one of them has that exact yeti in stock.