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Thinking about buying a mountain bike

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bsmith01
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Ive been mt biking like 2 times and I thought about maybe just buying like a cheap one. I dont really want to spend much more than $200 and im not looking for anything special. I just want a decent bike that could be new or used.

Jul 17 2005 1:17AM
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freestyle_kyle
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your gonna get shit for 200$

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Jul 17 2005 1:19AM
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bsmith01
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Well whats like the lowest price youre going to get something decent?

Jul 17 2005 1:34AM
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bsmith01
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Cause like Im new to this and dont really paying like 800 on a bike

Jul 17 2005 1:35AM
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beefbud
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all you need is a stick

Jul 17 2005 1:40AM
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Jaskittin
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Just go to your local bike shop. Pretty much everything sold nowadays has shocks, but half of them dont even do anything. I don't know a hell of a lot about mountain bikes, but I have a trek 4500 and it works really nice for what I use it for. That cost me like 450 or something I think.




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Jul 17 2005 1:43AM
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JackBach
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The lowest price you'll get something decent for is around 800.

200 will get you a WalMart speacial, brand new and that's not how I define decent.

Biking isn't cheap.

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Jul 17 2005 3:27AM
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(Jonesy)
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mountain biking is fun as shit

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Jul 17 2005 3:34AM
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AttitashSkier
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you can get a decent downhill rig for $3,000. maybe you can buy some handlebars for $200 or something and just pretend youre mountain biking.!

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Jul 17 2005 5:17AM
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Luc.
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ya man mountain biking is heli-expensive....my bros hard tal north shore was $$$1700

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Jul 17 2005 5:57AM
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lorida
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and it's only a mid-range hardtail.

dude, 200$ wont buy you shit. A 200$ bike will get destroyed if you do anything with it. My bike's worth 5 g's and i still break something pretty much every month, imagine a 200$ bike.....you'll go through 10 a season. Save up your change and go shoping with at least 800$...at least

Jul 17 2005 7:03AM
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EastcoastAR5
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get a hard rock or something
if you wanna freeride cheap bike, buy a 24in bmx off danscomp.com and then buy a fork for the front



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Jul 17 2005 9:56AM
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!!!!! THIS WORKED FOR ME!!!!! to go toy r us, or anywhere, i did it at toys r us, find the bike you want. bring a knife or something metal that has an edge. scratch the bike, maybe take off some of the lettering, and some paint. call a salemen over and say you want this bike. then say o no! it is messed up. could i get $20 (or however much) off? i got $160 bike $140. worked for me!


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Jul 17 2005 10:06AM
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vincepru
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HAHAHAHAH, but its still a shitty bike.

yeah, i think you should save up a lil and go for the specialized P.2 or go on pinkbike.com or evil bikes.com and make your own bike. a buddy of mine did that and his bike is sick, its was a lil bit over 700

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Jul 17 2005 10:31AM
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freestyle_kyle
Posts: 2620 - Karma: 164
or specialized hard rock sport are like $450 cdn, dont look too bad

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Jul 17 2005 1:36PM
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MrPantyDropper
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hardrocks suck..i hvae one

Jul 17 2005 1:47PM
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freestyle_rich
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http://www.pinkbike.com/modules/buysell/?op=view&image=122005

bargin that guy down to 650, wont find a better deal than that.





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Jul 17 2005 1:58PM
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freestyle_rich
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http://www.pinkbike.com/modules/buysell/?op=view&image=107534
if you want to spend a little more, get this.





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Jul 17 2005 2:01PM
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freestyle_rich
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heres a really cheap one

http://www.pinkbike.com/modules/buysell/?op=view&image=121752





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Jul 17 2005 2:06PM
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