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Old 05-22-13, 08:49 PM
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Zephyr11
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You want a 26" or a 24"? Dirt jumper or a short travel freeride/all-mountain hardtail? (DJs are great for jumping, but while you can use them on trails, they're really not ideal. FRHTs are much better on trails, but the geometry's not as great to jump, and they're a step further removed from a BMX bike than the DJ). Front suspension or fully rigid? Geared or singlespeed? (There's probably not much of a selection for geared DJs, but most FRHTs and AMHTs are geared, though you can always convert them to singlespeed)

Here's mine. DMR Drone: 24" rigid single-speed DJ. More mountain bike-y than a 24" cruiser class BMX, but really, it's just a big BMX.


And just for comparison's sake, my all-mountain hardtail. 26" wheels, geared, front suspension, slack as hell, and still pretty burly. Just because you said you want to ride it in the woods, and this bike stomps all over the DMR as far as singletrack goes. Put a shorter fork on it and drop that saddle, and it would work alright as a jumper, though not as well as the DMR, and it's definitely way further removed from a BMX bike.

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