Simple curiousity or serious questions

benny · Number of posts: 83 Location: Australia Registration date: 2008-06-03

Seeing this is a BMX forum then most BMX'ers might be curious about MTB'ing and MTB bikes, so if you have any simple questions out of curiousity then post them here and i'll reply ASAP.
And even if you what the cold hard facts about a bike or a part then i'll tell all i know.

Cheers guys,
Ben.

Nov · Subject: Re: Simple curiousity or serious questions Tue Jun 03, 2008 6:10 am

What's the best MTB Company?

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benny · Number of posts: 83 Location: Australia Registration date: 2008-06-03

Nov wrote:

What's the best MTB Company?

It depends what style of riding your doing (e.g. downhill, dirt jumping, cross country) but very popular brands are Giant, their STP series is very popular for entry level dirt jumping / street bikes, and for downhill they have the Glory DH series which is very popular aswell.
Then theres Norco, which have 4 main downhill bikes which range from 3000 to about 6000 dollars, and they have their dirt jumping range which is quite popular aswell.
There is also Ironhorse for downhill (they have the sunday series which Sam Hill the current world champ rides).

And then theres many more brands that pop up all over the place but in my personal opinion Giant are extremely popular and price-wise they are good value.

Nov · Subject: Re: Simple curiousity or serious questions Tue Jun 03, 2008 6:24 am

Are Mongoose and Felt any good?

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benny · Number of posts: 83 Location: Australia Registration date: 2008-06-03

Mongoose is becoming more and more popular, I'm not so sure about felt i haven't seen much of their bikes i believe they do some dirt jump / street bikes and also cross country and all mountain but like i said i'm not sure about felt.

But yes mongoos and definatly becoming more popular, especially their freeride range i believe.

Cornfish · Subject: Re: Simple curiousity or serious questions Tue Jun 03, 2008 6:33 am

is felt a bmx brand too??

scotty cranmer rides for them

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Nov · Subject: Re: Simple curiousity or serious questions Tue Jun 03, 2008 6:34 am

Yeah felt are BMX. They make some decent bikes too.

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IDrinkYourMilkshake · Subject: Re: Simple curiousity or serious questions Tue Jun 03, 2008 5:17 pm

Is Kona a good company?

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benny · Number of posts: 83 Location: Australia Registration date: 2008-06-03

IDrinkYourMilkshake wrote:

Is Kona a good company?

Kona is a good company in my opinion, some people don't like them and i've heard about some problems with their bikes.
Another reason people may not like them is because of their downhill bikes rear suspension triangle it has a large swing arm and the frame design is a bit unusual.
But yes they are a good company their cowan series is good for dirt jump / street and their downhill series are world cup winners.

Below is the 2008 Kona stab supreme, the RRP is 5000 in USA, not sure how much that would be in australian.

FitAM · Subject: Re: Simple curiousity or serious questions Tue Jun 03, 2008 11:08 pm

i used to ride my 2 year old $500 Mongoose with disc brakes and independent rear suspension cause i got it for 40 bucks then i bent the rim screwed up the gears then i finally got enough money for my bmx bike

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Brendan · Subject: Re: Simple curiousity or serious questions Fri Jun 13, 2008 6:02 am

I ride a mongoose bmx