|   Stock vs. Mod | Cabin Fever
Aug 2, 2003 7:14 PM | | i'm a 6'1" dude, a little on the heavy side, but i love trialsin. started foolin around with my mountain bike, until my buddy (of roughly the same size) and i hooked ourselves up with two Monty 219 Alps, a mod. although i'm thinking that a stock bike would probably work better for me. am i anywhere on target? what guidelines should i go by when deciding between the two? why take one over the other?
thanks guys. |
| re: Stock vs. Mod | Muq
Aug 14, 2003 10:05 AM | | Ok well basically these days people are mainly using Mods for either competing or if you're younger and woudln't be able to ride a stock as well. Some people perfer stocks because they are smaller and allow more room to manuuever and to crouch or "preload" for a big sidehop or other move. Also since the wheels are 20" they are stronger than stock wheels. My friends tend to like stocks because first of all you have gears so getting to places is alot easier, also the bigger wheels make it so you can ride faster for faster moving lines and tricks and also some people feel that with a 26" wheel u can roll over obstacles alot easier than on a mod. Then the downsides to a stock...one is that it's larger than a mod so you sometimes can't move your body around as much, and then the wheels arn't as durable.
Bottom line, if you're doing alot of urban or street trials or alot of riding from place to place then I'd suggest a stock bike, and also seeing as how you're a tall guy it'd probably be more comfortable. In my experience the majority of people who ride mods do it because they compete on mods also. Hope this helped! |
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