Mountain Bike Croo v. thoughts
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I have me a specialized hardrock sport. I think I paid about $550 for mine, and mine does very well on the mountain. Basically everything but disc brakes
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OMG!
so just got back from the bike shop ... took a new cannondale f7 out for a short 20 min run through the park and a couple hills and whatnot :love: it blows my gary fisher away. the weight comparision isnt even funny and just wow
do want
so just got back from the bike shop ... took a new cannondale f7 out for a short 20 min run through the park and a couple hills and whatnot :love: it blows my gary fisher away. the weight comparision isnt even funny and just wow
do want
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if you want to spend around $500 for a hardtail pretty much any company will have the same offerings
cannondale is overpriced, but they use their own brand of secondary compononts stem/seatpost/cranks/etc... and have the budget to actually do R&D on them, so they are pretty decent
specialized is a little overpriced, also have their own brand and their own R&D, i would spend my money here
gary fischer was bought out by trek, and i will never own a trek, secondary components, including wheels are usually a cheaped out option, but there are plenty of nice bikes if you like the brand
what kind of frame is your current bike? metal? size?
because honestly it may well be a better frame than what you would get with $500 these days
also consider things like sram vs. shimano
clipless pedals
fork brand
steel vs al vs cf vs ti vs ...
i would buy a good used frame and throw the rest of my money at wheels and pick up used compnents as i found them available to upgrade
cannondale is overpriced, but they use their own brand of secondary compononts stem/seatpost/cranks/etc... and have the budget to actually do R&D on them, so they are pretty decent
specialized is a little overpriced, also have their own brand and their own R&D, i would spend my money here
gary fischer was bought out by trek, and i will never own a trek, secondary components, including wheels are usually a cheaped out option, but there are plenty of nice bikes if you like the brand
what kind of frame is your current bike? metal? size?
because honestly it may well be a better frame than what you would get with $500 these days
also consider things like sram vs. shimano
clipless pedals
fork brand
steel vs al vs cf vs ti vs ...
i would buy a good used frame and throw the rest of my money at wheels and pick up used compnents as i found them available to upgrade
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if you want to spend around $500 for a hardtail pretty much any company will have the same offerings
cannondale is overpriced, but they use their own brand of secondary compononts stem/seatpost/cranks/etc... and have the budget to actually do R&D on them, so they are pretty decent
specialized is a little overpriced, also have their own brand and their own R&D, i would spend my money here
gary fischer was bought out by trek, and i will never own a trek, secondary components, including wheels are usually a cheaped out option, but there are plenty of nice bikes if you like the brand
what kind of frame is your current bike? metal? size?
because honestly it may well be a better frame than what you would get with $500 these days
also consider things like sram vs. shimano
clipless pedals
fork brand
steel vs al vs cf vs ti vs ...
i would buy a good used frame and throw the rest of my money at wheels and pick up used compnents as i found them available to upgrade
cannondale is overpriced, but they use their own brand of secondary compononts stem/seatpost/cranks/etc... and have the budget to actually do R&D on them, so they are pretty decent
specialized is a little overpriced, also have their own brand and their own R&D, i would spend my money here
gary fischer was bought out by trek, and i will never own a trek, secondary components, including wheels are usually a cheaped out option, but there are plenty of nice bikes if you like the brand
what kind of frame is your current bike? metal? size?
because honestly it may well be a better frame than what you would get with $500 these days
also consider things like sram vs. shimano
clipless pedals
fork brand
steel vs al vs cf vs ti vs ...
i would buy a good used frame and throw the rest of my money at wheels and pick up used compnents as i found them available to upgrade
aluminum frame, sram components, gila 100mm fork
my old frame is steel and heavy ... this new one is seriously like night and day
no interest in clipless pedals ... rode those before and i just couldnt get used to them
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