Going to purchase a mountain bike any suggestions.

[turbotalon1g]

Looking to get this to hopefully get my ass more active.
Anyone have any suggestions on any similar priced bikes?

http://www.walmart.com/ip/26-Mens-Mongoose-XR-75-Dual-Suspension-Bike/13969564

[tpunx99GSX]

if you check craigslist you should be able to get a better bike for that price.

[turbotalon1g]

I was thinking about that, but I don't know shit about bikes, haven't had one in 14 years

[9guy9]

dont buy a $100 full suspension bike. At that price it is totally just for looks and most likely rides like poop. If you want to ride around on pavement/ smooth trails and gravel get a "hybrid". They are comfortable riding position like a mtn bike, but have larger diameter wheels like a road bike so they are faster. Their quite a bit of fun to ride.

[tpunx99GSX]

I think what you should be asking are what brands you should be looking at. Then once you have the brands that would work, look it up on CL. I dont know enough about bikes to really make a suggestion. I was looking but forgot which brands i was looking at.

[turbotalon1g]

Thanks 9, i appreciate the help.
I just ran thru CL nothing really good there esp. for $100

[9guy9]

$100 really doesn't buy you much of a bike. Any non department store brand is going to be similar quality, espically at lower price points. They are all made in the same asian factories and get different stickers slapped on them. Shimano and Sram components are good stuff, but they do have many different levels of quality.

What kind of riding do you want to do?

[goodhart]

I see Viscous got a hold of Tom's avatar again :rollinglaugh:



95tsi is a big mountain bike fanatic, see what he says.

[turbotalon1g]

It will end up being mostly street, but I want to do trail type stuff with it too.

[9guy9]

well, if you really plan to take it on mountain bike trails, not just bike paths you will want a tru mtn bike. If your budget is 100, you can either get a new department store bike, that will be new and shiny, but heavy and probably never work 100% correctly. Or buy a older used "real" bike. It will not be shiny and new, but it should have better quality components that if taken car of work correctly.

something like this

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/bik/1692928285.html