Originally Posted by Raiyn
Actually they'd be about the same as those RST's (except for a bit more travel) which is inexcusable in this day and age. They're low end budget turds plain and simple
What is a guy to do? I think I saw you refer to the Manitou shocks on the rockhopper as "manipoo" in another post and if The Judy TT's are pooish as well, is it basically pick the bike with better components and buy a used/close-out fork that is better? If so, any suggestions on where to start looking and what kind to buy? Or should we save a couple extra hundy and buy a model or two higher with better Manitou/Rockshox or another brand altogether...such a Marzocchi fork or something.
Thanks for your expertise
cheers-
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Originally Posted by robob51
I recently bought a 2005 giant Iguana in your price range. It has a 100 mm travel marzochi exr front shock
that used to come on more expensive bikes. It's got an alivio front deraillure which is a a couple of steps
better than the acera that comes on the trek and I'm not to happy with that. but overall it is a better speced bike and there are others out there. I'd suggest visiting more shops and comparing drive train
components on each bike. You should be able to get a 27 speed with upgraded deraillures for under 6 bills.
then after you ride it for a while you'll find out what you missed,like most of us.
Thanks for the advice, on the search for a giant dealer I found another LBS, not as easily accessed via bike (my other LBS is 2 miles down the trail), but close enough to drive and they have the Trek 6500 for $529 (according to Trek there is only a disc version but they are advertising V brakes, so some looking into is necessary) but they also have the Giant Iguana for $499. More to think about now! I will search through the thread and see what folks have said about the bike
