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Well, kinda new. I still have my old 1998/1999 Diamondback Venom BMX bike, but I needed to get back into riding pretty badly, I haven't ridden since around 2007 when I just got kind of burned out.
However I've been wanting to get back into shape, so look at the awesome deal I found!
I think it's a ... 2009? Diamondback Response XE from Dicks. I know you all have probably seen these quite a few times. But still! have some high res pics.
I got it on a deal. original price was $359 or something like that. then they had it on clearance for $299 and then if you bought a bike before the end of the 24th of December you got an additional $50 off. So this is what I grabbed for $249.99 (no tax because of Oregon)
Originally I wanted something just to ride trails and some more slightly AM stuff like riding mt st helens and stuff like that. I wanted something that was big and chunky and rode like a tank just like the old Specialized Hardrock frames from 2003-2008 and I found it exactly, they ride like just the same.
First impressions, seems pretty nice. there are some obvious strange things Dicks did like a 21 speed drivetrain and some really wonky handlebars. but I've got an Easton EA All Mountain or something 85mm stem and Easton EA 50 bars in the mail already, so those will go pretty quickly. I have absolutely no idea about the fork. it seems to work fine, but it's a SR suntour. might replace with a RS Dart or something like that. I dunno, tell me what you guys think! So far surprisingly the Tektro Novela disc brakes are awesome! they honestly stop as good as my BB7's
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However I've been wanting to get back into shape, so look at the awesome deal I found!
I think it's a ... 2009? Diamondback Response XE from Dicks. I know you all have probably seen these quite a few times. But still! have some high res pics.
I got it on a deal. original price was $359 or something like that. then they had it on clearance for $299 and then if you bought a bike before the end of the 24th of December you got an additional $50 off. So this is what I grabbed for $249.99 (no tax because of Oregon)
Originally I wanted something just to ride trails and some more slightly AM stuff like riding mt st helens and stuff like that. I wanted something that was big and chunky and rode like a tank just like the old Specialized Hardrock frames from 2003-2008 and I found it exactly, they ride like just the same.
First impressions, seems pretty nice. there are some obvious strange things Dicks did like a 21 speed drivetrain and some really wonky handlebars. but I've got an Easton EA All Mountain or something 85mm stem and Easton EA 50 bars in the mail already, so those will go pretty quickly. I have absolutely no idea about the fork. it seems to work fine, but it's a SR suntour. might replace with a RS Dart or something like that. I dunno, tell me what you guys think! So far surprisingly the Tektro Novela disc brakes are awesome! they honestly stop as good as my BB7's
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yea i got the same bike for the same price, just got done swapping out some parts on it. Hows that fork handling for you? Mine feels clunky and tops out with a thunk when i wheelie, or bunny hop. No matter i guess as i plan on replacing my fork some time soon. But as far as bang for the buck this bike is hard to beat. I switched my bars and stem to a 80mm and the bar with 9 degree sweep, the stock bar has crazy sweep. Made it feel like a sunday cruiser lol. I didnt care for the 3 finger levers either so i swapped them out to. Yea peel the stickers off 
. Also if you read the reviews of the dart you may want to stay away from that fork. I know there dirt cheap right now and i was checking them out but the reviews are deplorable. I would say if that fork works fine (unlike mine) use it until you can get some thing better, iam currently looking at this 1 http://www.bikeman.com/FK8933.html?...utm_medium=GoogleBase&utm_campaign=GoogleBase and i will drop a pound to boot.
. Also if you read the reviews of the dart you may want to stay away from that fork. I know there dirt cheap right now and i was checking them out but the reviews are deplorable. I would say if that fork works fine (unlike mine) use it until you can get some thing better, iam currently looking at this 1 http://www.bikeman.com/FK8933.html?...utm_medium=GoogleBase&utm_campaign=GoogleBase and i will drop a pound to boot.
Ohh yeah, don't worry those stickers are gone already. I partially took the pics with them on because I found them to be comical. got a pic of them then took them off.Blksocks said:
Yeah, the pedals aren't the best out there by any means
they do work though and probably won't weigh too much. I was lucky enough to get the discs but in some ways would have maybe preferred V's on there stock. I have Hayes HFX-9's that could go on there, but those little Tektros do awesome.
Ohh yeah, my fork tops out pretty badly with a kinda annoying "click" I believe it's just a simple elastomer fork so it's really basic. no fancy damping or anything to really go horribly wrong with it though. I've got a old 2003 Marzocchi EXR Pro that I *might* stick on there, I really don't like that fork. The SR Suntour is "okay" it's getting the job done and when the weather warms up here I'm sure it'll function better. I'll steer clear of the Dart then, there's quite a number of different forks out there to choose from. I'll probably find some Manitou or something to stick on it, maybe that marzocchi 44. Ultimatley the most intence stuff this bike will ever see is All Mountain, so I don't need something like my Manitou Travis on there :thumbsup:firstcut said:yea i got the same bike for the same price, just got done swapping out some parts on it. Hows that fork handling for you? Mine feels clunky and tops out with a thunk when i wheelie, or bunny hop. No matter i guess as i plan on replacing my fork some time soon. But as far as bang for the buck this bike is hard to beat. I switched my bars and stem to a 80mm and the bar with 9 degree sweep, the stock bar has crazy sweep. Made it feel like a sunday cruiser lol. I didnt care for the 3 finger levers either so i swapped them out to. Yea peel the stickers off
firstcut said:
yeah the pedals are pretty bad. I have some really nice Shimano clip pedals that came with my old XC bike but I would have to get shoes for them. I got the bike pretty much for the same thing, just as a light duty AM and XC bike that I could take places and not worry about as much if I go into the store and it's on top of the car. stuff like that but the more I ride it the more I fall in love with the way it rides and I want to upgrade it to being all nice and expensive :thumbsup:
The wheels and brakes are fine for now it seems. I also have a full set of really nice mtb wheels (rhyno lites on deore hubs and also WTB dual duty FR on WTB hubs) so I would be totally fine if something actually happened to the wheels. the brakes are working real well at the moment.wildkyle90 said:
The spinner edge would probably be an upgrade from the fork that is on there now.
I'll probably be throwing on a 120mm fork here in the future this summer. probably a marzocchi 44 or something.
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