Originally Posted by
mstateglfr
You are going to shred your commute?
Shredding, whatever that is, and commute just dont seem to go together.
Why not? I regularly do fast trail riding as well as sometimes go over the mountain behind my work while commuting. It’s really no different than bikepacking. This bike
DSCN0934 by
Stuart Black, on Flickr
meets Johnnyyuma’s criteria with the exception of price (the frame was more then $200) and is a very capable mountain bike. It’s in about the same time frame...about 2000...as he is looking for.
Originally Posted by
Johnnyyuma
May be a bit of a reach, but I am looking for suggestions on used hardtail frames (under 250 ideally) with relatively (67-69 head angle) aggressive geometry that would fit a 90's marzocchi bomber fork.
I’d say just pick any of the major manufacturer’s frames. Specialized, Trek, Giant, Jamis...whatever you can find. The higher end ones aren’t going to have places for racks but even that isn’t a detriment. I had a Specialized Stumpjumper Pro that had racks
93590004 by
Stuart Black, on Flickr
I had to use P-clips but that’s not much of an issue. I don’t commute with pounds of gear so it was never a problem. I also had a Specialized Rockhopper
DSCN0167 by
Stuart Black, on Flickr
The advantage of the Rock Hopper was that it did have rack mounts. The Dean above didn’t have rack mounts but I had them added...which is easier with titanium. Fleabay usually has any number of mountain bike frames that would fit your needs. A 18” is probably what you are looking for. Not sure where you are located but if you have a co-op in your area, they may have something too.