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My brother is looking to get into riding and he's got $1000 Cdn ($900 US) to spend on a hardtail. I'm gonna be pushing him to get into dirt jumping and I want it to be a bike I can steal sometimes for assorted freeriding when I want a break from a full squish but realistically it's probably gonna be used for riding casually around town (ie. to work) quite a bit and also for XC trail riding occasionally.

I've been pushing him to get a Specialized P2 Cr-Mo because Cr-Mo bikes are so cool but why don't they make a Cr-Mo P3? I realize it's out of his price range but what's wrong with Cr-Mo that they won't use it for their top of the line bike? I though Cr-Mo is the more 'legit' material to make a HT from due to it's feel. Many of the top HTs (ie: Blk Market Mob) are Cr-Mo.
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Anyways, he's gonna wanna buy from a brand like Specialized, Norco (BigFoot?) or Kona (Scrap?) that offers a lot of good components for the buck. What do you guys think is a good choice?
 
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zachdank said:
Get a Nemesis. Next question.
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Amazing bike but I think you missed the $1000 part. That bikes looks about $3g. It's his first real bike so he's not gonna drop $5g like I did.

I'm really looking for a bike that has a good frame (ie. quality, short chainstays etc) and a decent fork and then everything else he can upgrade as he needs to.
 
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dandurston said:
Amazing bike but I think you missed the $1000 part. That bikes looks about $3g. It's his first real bike so he's not gonna drop $5g like I did.

I'm really looking for a bike that has a good frame (ie. quality, short chainstays etc) and a decent fork and then everything else he can upgrade as he needs to.
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No where near $3000. You could get one built for around 1400 if you knew what you were doing.
 
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#11 ·
dandurston said:
Hmm....it's nice to have such a flurry of responses but some serious suggestions that cost around a grand would be more helpful than just the nicest or wildest HT you've seen.
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Brodie has a some nice hardtails in that price range in their Hardass series. The also have some nice DJ bikes in their Rat series but those wouldn't be very trail ridable.
 
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#12 ·
zachdank said:
No where near $3000. You could get one built for around 1400 if you knew what you were doing.
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Well it's his first bike and he's not gonna feel like hunting out deals on every part and building it himself. $1400 seems pretty ideal case scenario to me....Maybe if you bought a bunch of used parts for it. The Fox fork, thomson post, X9 stuff and the e13 alone probably add up close to $1400 if you paid full retail.

I heard Blk Mrkt is coming out with another version of the Mob called something else and built offshore for a lot less. Any idea what that goes for?
 
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zachdank said:
That is the most retarded thing i have ever seen on 2 wheels.
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Are you crazy:confused: How can you say that.............:eek: :eekster:

Ive just got my first gen Imperial resprayed for a new build and i tell you ive riden many ht(P3/Morhine/Sinsiter Ridgee.. ect)and i tell you the evil i was the most comftorble on,If you want to climb then dont buy a imperial but if you want to do stuff that you have never done before get it,When i first rode my evil i started doing stuff i never could like doing manuals and then doing jumps ive allways been unsure about doing and when i ddidi the biek just felt ooo so smooth dident feel like a ht its that smooth,Any one who has aone will tell you the same unless there not a fan of the super laid back seat tube.

If you want to do more climbing too i seriously consider you look into s Sininster Ridge as its the best biek what a a mix of FR and XC but will handle anything and climb as good as it fly DH.

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Imperial said:
Are you crazy:confused: How can you say that.............:eek: :eekster:

Ive just got my first gen Imperial resprayed for a new build and i tell you ive riden many ht(P3/Morhine/Sinsiter Ridgee.. ect)and i tell you the evil i was the most comftorble on,If you want to climb then dont buy a imperial but if you want to do stuff that you have never done before get it,When i first rode my evil i started doing stuff i never could like doing manuals and then doing jumps ive allways been unsure about doing and when i ddidi the biek just felt ooo so smooth dident feel like a ht its that smooth,Any one who has aone will tell you the same unless there not a fan of the super laid back seat tube.

If you want to do more climbing too i seriously consider you look into s Sininster Ridge as its the best biek what a a mix of FR and XC but will handle anything and climb as good as it fly DH.
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English mother fycker!!! Do you speak it?
 
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#20 ·
Off of Nemesis' Site:

TerrorBox frame SPY pic's!!!
I mentioned that I have been working on a side project , this side project also has a name TerrorBox.
Here are a few SPY of the frame I have been working on for them .
It will be called the K4H short for Killer for Hire .. kinda the theme here .
The perfect street and woods style bike to flat out KILL it on ! We all thought the name fit very well .
Some of the features on the frame include... Internal headset , Spanish B/B and a new adjustable dropout system with sliding disk tab that doesn't suck !

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oh and that Blk Mrkt frame you were talking about is called the Riot. Look at matchvideozine's site for more pictures on that.
 
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