|   Best "All Mountain" bike | Matt W.
Mar 11, 2003 11:11 PM | | I would like to hear some opinions on what is the best "All Mountain" bike on the market right now. I am mainly a cross-country rider, but I do hit some small drops & stunts, so I prefer the extra plushness. I am looking at the 03' enduro FSR & the Trek Liquid, but also wanted to know of other types available and their performance. How would the enduro be affected if you changed the fork to a 5" Bomber instead of the 4" stock fork?
Any info is appreciated! |
| Give us a specific budget range (within $300) nm | Tscheezy
Mar 11, 2003 11:20 PM | | |
| Lots of opinions here...I'll throw a vote for the HH100X... | Jgang
Mar 12, 2003 6:55 AM | | For "all mountain" riding, 4 inches of front and rear travel is probably ideal. I just built a Hammerhead 100X for all around use. It's an extremely quick handling, precise steering setup with 4 inches of Fox Float RL up front and about 3.8-3.9 inches of Fox Float R in the rear. It's a capable descender that's lightening fast on singletrack and handles 3 foot drops without a hiccup. If you want to go bigger than that on a regular basis, you need to be looking at a Bullit or Id or something similar. My HH100X weighs in at around 27.7# with XT/WTB wheels and Avid Mech Disc brakes...still light enough to race if you're so inclined.
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| Best is relative | Jaybo
Mar 12, 2003 8:48 AM | | If you are looking less expensive I would look at that new Giant VTC. I think that bike looks very nice for the dough. Also, the Trek is a promising bike. The Jamis Dakar series absolutely rocks (I have ridden that bike also). Turner, Titus, Santa Cruz, Intense, among other make rocking 5" travel bikes. The Turner 5 Spot has me salivating. Lots of good bike so little time.
Jay |
| All Mountain bike | R.J.
Mar 12, 2003 2:35 PM | | I would also take a look at the Norco Fluid line. The Fluid 1.0 looks like it has a lot of good parts on it. I would take a serious look at one before making any decisions.
http://www.norco.com |
| re: Best "All Mountain" bike | Jixdog
Mar 12, 2003 2:49 PM | | I just purchased this VT2. I upgraded the Avid mechs to Hayes and the Scorpion tires to Panaracer XC. It has a little more than 5 inches travel on the Psylo and the same travel on the rear Manitou Swinger shock. I've only ridden it about 35 miles so far, but it climbs excellent with virtually no bobbing. It handles the descents quite nice. With upgrade to Hayes and new tires, it cost about $2200. I'm very happy with my purchase.
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| re: Best "All Mountain" bike | Jixdog
Mar 12, 2003 2:51 PM | | Oops....here is the picture!
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| Mine... | Khemikal Ali
Mar 12, 2003 5:02 PM | | Don't even try to say something else is better because you will be wrong.
Oh yeah, and the earth is flat. |
| 2003 Jamis Dakar XLT 2.0, Bike of the Year for Mountain Biking.. | DeeEight
Mar 12, 2003 11:43 PM | | magazine's All-Mountain category AND overall bike of the year category (first time I can recall in the 7 or 8 years they been doing the award that one bike has won two categories at the same time), though no surprise its a Jamis that did it as Dakar's have repeatedly
won top-honours in reviews/tests/contests at various magazines and in fact, as far as Mountain Biking's Bike o' Year awards go, Jamis overall has more wins (in various categories) than any other brand. They're just that damn good of a bike maker. |
| $ for $, Jamis is good value...of course better bikes exist-nm | fattirewilly
Mar 13, 2003 10:44 AM | | |
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