Originally Posted by
hokiefyd
Welcome! In your situation, an non-disc FX 3 will be about the same as an older 7.3 FX series bike, so I'd probably try to find a nice used 7.x bike. Some of them came with carbon forks (like the 7.4 and above I think).
thanks for the quick response! In regards to the mention of non disc. Are you saying I shouldn't worry about getting a disc brake version? And as far as the older models go of the 7x series, year wise how far should I go back?