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Street/dirt bike

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feihlination
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hey all

i am riding XC-mtb for several years now (i finished 4th out of 5 in the tyrolean under 19 championship in 2005, which means i am damn good).
i like it since you really get to know your body when you ride a 4500 ft vertical climb, and downhills are sometimes very tech due to the uphill-oriented material.

over the last two summers i got into freeride/DH biking.
this is almost more fun, small drops, tech passages, speed turns and all that stuff is mad fun.

but now i am looking for a sport which i can excel in a city (beside urbans, i know). so skating, inling and all that stuff is cool, but i am used to ride a bike so i guess streetbiking would be slightly easier for me. were not having a dirtpark, but we have maybe the chance to build one...

i dont really know what kind of bike i am looking for. i wanna do the same kind of biking like the guys in the vids that throw 3s over stairs, clear stairs and even grind. doing manuals or 180s onto 1 or 2 stairs. maybe also this dirtjump-stuff, this 3s, supermans and what the heck...

so what bike is good for that? and how much i have to pay in this category?

thx alot
feihle
May 6 2008 3:30PM
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VT_FLO
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i thought you were talking about motorcycles for awhile.
May 6 2008 9:07PM
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bermbuster49
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same i thought you were talking about dirtbikes and i was all excited being that i could really help in that category and then you were talking about riding in the city and i was like oooooohhhh

May 6 2008 9:21PM
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schwab
Posts: 461 - Karma: 232
i think your talking about trial bikes. check out 'gas gas' bikes. i'm pretty sure that is the top brand for those.
May 6 2008 9:28PM
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WillStart
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first sentence was def a claim
May 7 2008 12:22AM
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skithebert
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no he's definitely talking about bicycles.
May 7 2008 12:35AM
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BEARS.
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specialized hardrock comp hardtail. light lil fucker, $500, easily the bike thats taken the most beating and stayed true. im using it for the same shit you want to do.
May 7 2008 12:41AM
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james44
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yea thats what a trials bike is.
look up ryan leech
May 7 2008 2:01AM
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zesty_buddy
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Specilised p series, Dmr transition, kona stuff, ahhhh alot more but theres a starting point
May 7 2008 5:06AM
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-Otto-
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Just check out www.pinkbike.com , it's a bit Newschoolers but only for bikers. BTW: I'm in the same position as you. The only other thing I'm looking for is a frame which is also useable for freeriding, so I can swap out the wheels, fork, etc. I'm thinking about buying a Banshee Scratch or something like this. But besides that, I don't have any experience with these bikes, so it might be better for you to ask it at pinkbike. Good luck with finding your bike!
May 7 2008 8:43AM
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-Otto-
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It's going to be an NS Bitch for me, it seems to be a good allround frame.
http://www.pinkbike.com/forum/listcomments/?threadid=13968&pagenum=2
May 7 2008 8:57AM
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prosnurfer
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word word. ur like the same as me i started xc way back as a wee boy and then jsut keeped building sick courses in new houses they were building my neighbor hood. then sick trails so i progressed to down hilling and i love that.  but also i got a dirtjump street bike cuz i thought it would be sick.. and it is. the bike is the ultimate toy it can jib everywhere in any diffrent terrain cept for water.  but i have a specilized p2 i got for 600 and its so legit. look for soemthign with 120 front travel and get a hardtail... also make sure the weight is centered farther back and it makes manuals a breez. make sure u have some geers too for gettin around. i have 18 speeds and also a bash guard for the front ring anddd i have semi slick tires wich is liek smooth in the middle and bumpy ont he sides so i can rip the dirt and cruze the street well. soo get a specilized p model. in my oppinion even tho im super dyslexic these are the best buys. iv ridden a giant stp whatever the bestmodel is and i didnt liek it. weight is too centered hard for bunnyhopps. o and ps these slay the skateparks.
May 7 2008 9:44AM
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freeskier824
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i ride mostly street/park/dirt on my mtb. its brakeless, setup like a bmx, 24in wheels. people ask me what kind it is, but i can't really answer that cause other then the frame (clifcat tankass), i built the thing from the ground up.

ideally i would say get a bmx. they are a LOT more advanced in terms of offering completes that can hold up to that kind of abuse. there are some small mtb frame makers that offer frames+parts packages for decent prices, usually around 1g or so. sinister, transition, geekhouse, come to mind.
May 7 2008 11:36AM
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