I've been looking all over for decent bikes around 500 bucks.
what i've found were.... gary fisher "marlin", giant "iguana", kona "blast", there was also a schwinn "mesa" 01'.

i'm leaning toward the giant or the fisher (shwinn?)
i need some input:

are giant decent bikes generally?, schwinn? fisher?

are manitou six or rock shox judy TT better?

i don't know what components are most important to look at for comparisons.

If anyone would be willing to give me some input it would really help me a lot.