Mountain Biking

[WrenchGuy 10+ year member]

Get a Bakuto. Its a burly hardtail. I love mine. Its a great start for 500 bucks.

Meet you at Diablo next year.

 

[Frijoles24 10+ year member]

oh mountain biking!!! fun stuff.

dont go with mediocre stuff.. if u plan on doing fun dh stuff.

i invested in bout 1.5 on my bike. maybe more.

and stay away from hayes 9 brakes. pieces of crap!

almost killed me.. they use a plug to tighten the hydrolic mech. if u brake to slide around turns, the plug pops out.

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

well i just went to the bike shop....the bike i liked best was a Trek 4300 Disc for $549.99....should i pull the trigger and go new?

 

[na_rsx 10+ year member]

well i just went to the bike shop....the bike i liked best was a Trek 4300 Disc for $549.99....should i pull the trigger and go new?

My specialized was around the same price, but with tax. Honestly, specialized > trek

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

well i got it...i love it....love the color and everything...woohoo

 

[rtillaree 10+ year member]

good choice...is it the all blacked out version or the silver/grayish one?

 

[evildave101 10+ year member]

well i got it...i love it....love the color and everything...woohoo

well post up some pics, let us see it.

 

[silvercookie 5,000+ posts]

fyi build quality of giant isnt anywhere near build quality of specialized.

there was some good info, and i dont know who said handlebar height has anything to do with it but i was lol'ing.

thats a **** nice bike right there. how much travel is the fork?

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

not sure but i have some questions....after i picked up the bike today...i noticed two things...in low gears...1-15 or so...the chain rubs on the larger of the two "gear changes" by the crank...i dont know what to call it / its proper name.....

that and when im riding i get this odd noise when moving the wheel back and forth...somewhere down by the front fork almost like something vibrating against metal...

any ideas?

should i take it back to the shop (its 2 blocks away) and have em check it out tomorrow

 

[evildave101 10+ year member]

if you bought it brand new, i hope they would offer free tune ups.

 

[evildave101 10+ year member]

fyi build quality of giant isnt anywhere near build quality of specialized.
there was some good info, and i dont know who said handlebar height has anything to do with it but i was lol'ing.

thats a **** nice bike right there. how much travel is the fork?

that was me and all i ment by it was that the geometry of MY bike gives it a tall stance, for being a 17" frame its as tall as other 19"-20" bikes at the handlebar, and really it has nothing to do with anything.

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

yeah im gonna ride down there tomorrow have em check it out...any idea what that front end noise might be?

 

[evildave101 10+ year member]

brake cable vibration, rubbing/hitting the fork