Originally Posted by wheelhot

Kay, well if you can find a Nov/Dec issue of Australian Mountain Bike magazine, there are a list of bikes under 1000. Anyway since you said you want to cycle fast, If its me, I take the Giant one because its lighter. I dont find any problem on cycling uphill with a fork without lock out, I owned a RST Capa T4 for 1 year and I am the second fastest climber in my group, the fastest rider uses a very old RST fork. Anyway about the low jumps, both bikes would do just fine. There are also a few other methods to make erm your bike faster, different type of tyre pattern also affect your acceleration