Originally Posted by
Johnnyyuma
I already have a newer bike for this purpose. I want to build a bike under $200 to use as a commuter, and think it would be fun to have a hardtail. I know 100 mm isn't alot, but you can ride rock gardens on a full rigid if you are committed. I am just looking for a hardtail that would fit the 90s fork that was sort of an "enduro agressive hardtail" of the time period.
'Cool'! I get it. If your fork is 100mm, then the suggestions I made initially stand. There really weren't 'enduro aggressive' hardtails in that time.
You want to look for any sort of pretty standard 26er hardtail frame from the '90s through early 2000s. Tough is good; most were pretty tough: all the big mfgs. made 'em, in quantity. Me? I'd look for something like a Giant Rainier circa. '03 to '05. Tough as nails. Here's a pic of my '05 with, oddly enough, a 'zocchi 100mm fork.
