Originally Posted by
SlimRider
I see the point you're attempting to make here, Zephyr11. It's just that, you can't assume that because something costs more, that it's of higher quality.
I'm not assuming that. We're talking overall construction of the bike, but whatever, I'm not arguing with you about it.
Originally Posted by
SlimRider
* The reason that I posed the original question, was due to the fact that I recommended a Giant Boulder to a young newbie, giving her hopes of eventually being able to upgrade the Boulder into quite possibly, a very capable and uniguely novel MTB. In time, she could gradually upgrade all of her components and switch to some really high-class suspended fork. I still think I'm correct in that regard.
Sure, Boulder's fine to start out with. But by the time she's pouring that much money into it, she'd be better off getting an entirely new bike. She'd probably even save money in the long run that way.