Originally Posted by
rebel1916
That is profoundly bad advice at that pricepoint. But yeah man, you need a mt. bike. Hardtail though, unless you really know what you are doing you should not buy an inexpensive dual suspension.
indeed, I wouldn't consider a full suspension bike much under $1200 MSRP. I'd want to see something like a Fox Float rear shock, double pivoted 'anti-bob' geometry. strong wheels with quality hubs and rims, deore XT drive train, and a fox or similar fork. mountain bikes that are ridden hard need a lot of maintenance, you /will/ be breaking $$ parts and such, and most folks upgrade what broke to better
