Bike Junkie
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: South of Raleigh, North of New Hill, East of Harris Lake, NC
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Bikes: Specialized Tarmac, Specialized Roubaix, Giant OCR-C, Specialized Stumpjumper FSR, Stumpjumper Comp, 88 & 92Nishiki Ariel, 87 Centurion Ironman, 92 Paramount, 84 Nishiki Medalist
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My advice, Save up, spend more than $100.
I believe all of those, with the exception of the DB are department store bikes. If you take them on a hard, single track trail, they may break down and leave you stranded. The DB is a Dick's sporting goods store bike and certainly better quality than a Wally World bike, but the model you're looking at is a hybrid. I'd stay away from it and look for a pure mou'rentain bike. I think you're going to need more than $100 to reach your goal.
Just my $.02.
Edit: after looking at the Diamondback again, that's closer to a MTB than I thought. It might work, except the cost is $250. For that kind of money you should be able to buy a much better, pure mountain bike.
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