I'd like to pick up a new bike in the near future. I'm wondering what I shoudl be looking for.
Right now I'm riding around on a 1995 Pro-Flex 855 that's getting pretty beat up and outdated.
I loved the bike at the time but the shocks are shot and the Girvin front fork squeaks like a mother which makes it almost impossible to even ride, it's so annoying.
I could replace the suspension but it would run me several hundred so it probably makes more sense to throw in the towel and get something newer anyway.
I've kinda slacke don biking int he past few years but I'd love to get back into it fairly regularly. There are some nice places around my office I could do lunch rides on.
I can tell a lot of tehcnology has changed and bikes have gotten more specialized since I last went bike shopping. Used to be you either had a MT bike, Road bike, or hybrid, (plus a few random types like BMX and Cyclocross) but nowadays there are specialized freeride bikes, downhill bikes, cross country, etc.
I'd probably primarily be doing cross country runs ... 6 - 15 miles in distance. I'd like something that climbs well and is fairly maneuvarable, don't need a huge tank of a downhill bike.
Any opinions on 29" rims as well? That didn't exist a decade ago so like I said I'm kind of coming back into it now.
Price range... probably 1500 - 2000 max. I do enjoy the occasional huck & jump but I'm definitely not going to be extreme freeriding or anything like that.
Plus then I can get out with you guys every so often
Kind of a shitty picture but you can see the bike in the background here, this is from Douglas State Forest about 2 yrs ago
Right now I'm riding around on a 1995 Pro-Flex 855 that's getting pretty beat up and outdated.
I loved the bike at the time but the shocks are shot and the Girvin front fork squeaks like a mother which makes it almost impossible to even ride, it's so annoying.
I could replace the suspension but it would run me several hundred so it probably makes more sense to throw in the towel and get something newer anyway.
I've kinda slacke don biking int he past few years but I'd love to get back into it fairly regularly. There are some nice places around my office I could do lunch rides on.
I can tell a lot of tehcnology has changed and bikes have gotten more specialized since I last went bike shopping. Used to be you either had a MT bike, Road bike, or hybrid, (plus a few random types like BMX and Cyclocross) but nowadays there are specialized freeride bikes, downhill bikes, cross country, etc.
I'd probably primarily be doing cross country runs ... 6 - 15 miles in distance. I'd like something that climbs well and is fairly maneuvarable, don't need a huge tank of a downhill bike.
Any opinions on 29" rims as well? That didn't exist a decade ago so like I said I'm kind of coming back into it now.
Price range... probably 1500 - 2000 max. I do enjoy the occasional huck & jump but I'm definitely not going to be extreme freeriding or anything like that.
Plus then I can get out with you guys every so often
Kind of a shitty picture but you can see the bike in the background here, this is from Douglas State Forest about 2 yrs ago