Looking for a mountain bike?
viperdude asked:
Here’s my situation, I’m 16 and I’m looking into buying a new bike. My last bike was a full suspension bike but wasn’t a “real” mountain bike. I bent the first gear trying to actually climb a hill so I’m guessing a real mountain bike might help me do what I really want to do. I’d like to keep the price around 500$ or lower. Any suggestions on what brand or things to look for when buying one will help.
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8 Responses to “Looking for a mountain bike?”
Jeep makes a Two Wheel Drive Mountain bike now. It has rugged suspension, and excellent contstruction.
I think they are at start around 250.00 dollars.
Google Jeep Bikes
Hi there, I Have a Trek 6000 which is a great bike!! At $659.00 maybe a little more than you can spend at this time, but not all is lost. Trek has lots of other good mountain bikes. Theres three that come in at your price range. Go to Trekbikes.com then click on the following: mountain, hardtail, aluminum. Then youll see model #s on the left. The ones youre looking for are 4300, 4300 with disk brake and 4500. I did hours of research before I bought my bike and those three got very good reviews, good luck and happy hunting!!!!!
I agree with many of the other posts. For $500 dollars or less you are looking at a good quality hardtail mountain bike, and Trek, Specialized, and Kona all have models in that price range. You may also want to consider KHS which makes quality bikes and an affordable price range, you can even get decent entry level dual suspensions for under $500. Good luck!
Word of advise. Don’t buy your bike from a dept. store.
Go to a bike shop. For $500 you could buy a decent entry level hardtail bike. check out KONA & KHS.
1. don’t buy in dept store. go to specialized bike shop.
2. choose your riding style - if it’s not downhill what you need full suspension for?
3. compare. than compare more.
and remember - bikes from different brands have similar parts except for aluminum base. all the other in from one factory (probably Shimano).
Shimano has different quality lines - Deore, LX and sure XT parts are the best as I know.
If you’re biking real hard, you’re likely to bend parts quite regularly. They’re often made of material that bends, so they can bend it back into place at the shop. You might want a used bike for that. I don’t ride as hard as you seem to, so I use a hardtail, Specialized Hardrock. Specialized bicycles are of excellent quality, but I haven’t tried any others for over a decade. When I find a quality bike, I stick with the style/manufacturer until they change (like Schwinn did in the 90s) or lower their quality standards.
u can climb a hill with a normal bike
depends on you
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