Seany-izzle
Member
So, i used to mountain bike all the time back in the day, like 5-6 years ago. I did it almost everyday i could. I know its sort of late in the season to be looking for a bike, but i want one, atleast for next season. I dont care if its full suspension, id rather get a hardtail with front suspension only. I dunno if the bike companies have changed much but the reputable ones to check out are Trek, Gary Fisher, GT, Specialized, cannondale and Giant. Im not too familiar with Schwinns and Mongooses or anything else for that matter. Im not up to date on teh new equipment and "must haves" and whats good models vs bad models (when talking gears, shifters, and all that shit)
What im looking for is something that i can ride mostly off road, but occasionally on road to get to the trial, or ride the 30 mile bike trail thats al paved, with side trails. Im in the first stage of looking for bikes, so ive started here with hardtails and i dont NEED disc brakes, the regular brakes seem to be okay by me.
the Specialized 05 Hardrock Comp Disc. (3rd)
http://www.specialized.com/bc/SBCBkModel.jsp?sid=05Hardrock
Bianchi Lynx (2nd choice)
http://earlsbikes.com/site/itemdetails.cfm...rt=Price%20desc
Schwinn mesa Ltd (4th)
http://richardsbicycles.com/site/itemdetai...rt=Price%20desc
and the Trek 6500 (1st choice)
http://earlsbikes.com/site/itemdetails.cfm...rt=Price%20desc
any opinions, insight, advice, knowledge... i wanna get back into this and i just did it recently in California and picked back up on it quick. im lookin to spend 650 max... id rather spend somewhere in the 550-600 range
What im looking for is something that i can ride mostly off road, but occasionally on road to get to the trial, or ride the 30 mile bike trail thats al paved, with side trails. Im in the first stage of looking for bikes, so ive started here with hardtails and i dont NEED disc brakes, the regular brakes seem to be okay by me.
the Specialized 05 Hardrock Comp Disc. (3rd)
http://www.specialized.com/bc/SBCBkModel.jsp?sid=05Hardrock
Bianchi Lynx (2nd choice)
http://earlsbikes.com/site/itemdetails.cfm...rt=Price%20desc
Schwinn mesa Ltd (4th)
http://richardsbicycles.com/site/itemdetai...rt=Price%20desc
and the Trek 6500 (1st choice)
http://earlsbikes.com/site/itemdetails.cfm...rt=Price%20desc
any opinions, insight, advice, knowledge... i wanna get back into this and i just did it recently in California and picked back up on it quick. im lookin to spend 650 max... id rather spend somewhere in the 550-600 range