Mountain Biking - black elite 04, dj 3 05, or psylo xc 04?

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dccool879
04-15-05, 07:29 PM
Simple question. What's the best? I like to do urban, dj's a little, and xc. I only weigh in the 130's. I can get all for the same price. Thanks : )

Maelstrom
04-15-05, 07:31 PM
Djer. I don't like the black and am still not sure if I trust the psylo to consistent abuse.
DjRider04
04-15-05, 07:33 PM
Djs overbuilt for XC and urban...never trusted Psylos, id go with the black.

dccool879
04-15-05, 07:38 PM
Djer. I don't like the black and am still not sure if I trust the psylo to consistent abuse.

ya i was thinking dj but it just weighs so much. 7 lb i think. will that feel weird, especially for a lighter rider? and what is there to know about blacks? i know nothing about them really.
Maelstrom
04-15-05, 07:44 PM
Hey djrider, do you spend a lot of time on hcor?
DjRider04
04-15-05, 08:19 PM
Nope, just browse mtbr pretty often.....I think ive only been on hcor once or twice.
handlebarsfsr
04-15-05, 10:09 PM
none of those forks will work well everywhere. id go with the psylo if you arent going huge urban/dj's, and xc is important, or the dirt jumper if you do go big and xc is not so important. manipoo=no.
Raiyn
04-15-05, 10:10 PM
none of those forks will work well everywhere. id go with the psylo if you arent going huge urban/dj's, and xc is important, or the dirt jumper if you do go big and xc is not so important. manipoo=no.
Agreed
Brian
04-16-05, 12:22 AM
Yep. Just put a new Manitou on the Cannondale. That's 3 of them in my shed now. By chance, not choice. Free being the operative word here.
dccool879
04-16-05, 08:31 AM
so maybe the psylo, cause my urban i do at a campus, so u cant go too big. and i love to ride around too (not planning on getting my liscense even though im 15.)
handlebarsfsr
04-16-05, 11:53 AM
so maybe the psylo, cause my urban i do at a campus, so u cant go too big. and i love to ride around too (not planning on getting my liscense even though im 15.)

the psylo is strong enough to handle some jumps and urban, but its not meant to be constantly beat on. but it sounds like you arent going to go huge, so id go psylo.
dccool879
04-16-05, 07:28 PM
cool, i might be interested. but i found out i can get a pike sl (thoughts??) for 270, so maybe ill do that since people really like them. im not too wild about throwing on used parts, unless the price is right :D
Raiyn
04-16-05, 10:31 PM
so maybe the psylo, cause my urban i do at a campus, so you cant go too big. and i love to ride around too (not planning on getting my liscense even though im 15.)
It's two extra letters. Why be lazy?
matheprat
04-17-05, 01:36 PM
I've got some Psylos, and they seem fine for light dj, and aggressive xc (I'm about 130 lbs too). Do you run disc or rim brakes? I'm not sure if the DJs have the capability of running rim brakes? I don't know much about the blacks.
Hope this helps
dccool879
04-17-05, 06:36 PM
running disks. here is what it comes down to pretty much, psylo with sram x.7 shifters, xgen front derailer and x.9 rear or a pike with deore. what ya'll thinK?
matheprat
04-18-05, 09:54 AM
Pike with deore
BigCountry
04-18-05, 10:28 AM
not to break topic but what is hcor?
Maelstrom
04-18-05, 01:39 PM
Its an east coast website. They were a bunch of guys pissed at Ridemonkey.com and started there own site. They tend to be very anti marzocchi for some very unreasonable reasons. (well they used to be)...I thought the mannerisms (sp) of djrider reminded me of a couple of the users so I was trying to find out who it was.
PaulBravey
04-18-05, 02:32 PM
'mannerisms' just in case you actually wanted to know :D
Maelstrom
04-18-05, 02:55 PM
Thanks. I didn't have the time to look it up...:D