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Best Mountain Bikes?

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666.
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Price range is 100 - 400. Please give me some tips on what would be my best option.
+K for help
Thanks.
Jun 19 2012 2:24PM
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steve0
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Used.

http://www.pinkbike.com/buysell/

Jun 19 2012 2:29PM
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666.
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thanks. +k
Jun 19 2012 2:33PM
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Balto
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you can get a bike from walmart for that price
Jun 19 2012 2:50PM
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Yeezy
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none. like the first post, the best your gonna get is a used old ass cannondale for like 400. just save your money
Jun 19 2012 2:54PM
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Spic-N-SpaN
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you gave us absolutely no information about anything
Jun 19 2012 3:54PM
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Dirty_Griddle
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I got an Ironhorse Sinster paid 300 for it, full suspension and cable pull disc brakes, at that price range you wont find much for full suspension that is even capable of downhilling.

I did just buy a brand new Giant Trance X3, now that's a bike worth riding
Jun 29 2012 6:06PM
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Skibumsmith
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for $100-$400 don't even bother. it would just be a waste of money. that goes for used bikes as well. when it comes to mountain bikes you're better off saving your money.
Jun 29 2012 6:14PM
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Cufe.
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Specialized Demo 8 II. should be right around the top of your price range but definitely still in it.
Jun 29 2012 6:33PM
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whoa-dere
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I was so stoked when I bought a mongoose from Walmart for like 180, a few months later there were soooo many problems. One of the pedals fell off, the seat reshaped my ass, the handlebar came loose, the brake had to be tightened, damn
Jun 29 2012 6:37PM
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dprice21
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don't mean to thread jack but I've been looking for a nice used bike to kind of get in to mountain biking and I'm just wondering what a solid bike would be? i'm 5'10" and my price range is probably around 500-600.
Jun 29 2012 6:58PM
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daannnnieel
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I wouldn't bother trying to get into downhilling, if your budget is lowed then 1000.
Jun 29 2012 7:02PM
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FuckAllOfYou
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yeah. 100 - 400 bucks won't get you anything but a bad time with bikes. i think you can buy a nExT bike at wal - mart for about 90 or something
Jun 29 2012 7:08PM
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Flacko
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not quite anywhere near 400 but i got this yeti asr sl, perfect condition for 1800, yeti and moots make some fucking sick bikes straight from the Rockies. i own a moots road bike, and used to own a hard tail and they had to be some of my favorite bikes. (picture is not exactly the one)
[IMG]twowheelscycles.com/custom-builds/yeti/Yeti-ASR-SL-02.jpg[/IMG]
i would save up and buy a dirt jumper, i got a specialized p2 frame and nice parts and put together an awesome bike for about 1k. if you know nothing about working on a bike then i would not recommend building one, the cheapest good bikes that are worth your money would be kona, specialised, and NS bikes.... yes NS makes bikes http://www.ns-bikes.com/ ns is higly recomended they make awsome bikes.
Jun 29 2012 7:20PM
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Loco-Deer-Slayer
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A decent frame is barely even worth $400 much less an entire bike
Jun 29 2012 8:12PM
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Backyard.Skier
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yeti, jamis, and khs.


yeah I'm biased.
Jun 29 2012 8:28PM
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Backyard.Skier
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did read OP post till after but yeah you going to have to fork out more then 400 for a yeti but its definitely worth it.

otherwise jamie komodo is a sick hard tail for the money
Jun 29 2012 8:29PM
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