My 1st Mtn bike was a 1992 era Schwinn Hurricane(I don't even know if Schwinn was still Schwinn back then) cost about $300. Then about 2 years later, a friend was buying a bike and I was there, so I impulsively bought a Trek 820. I really didn't ride either bike much, since it was always TOO hot here in the summers and I was lazy LOL The Trek pretty much fell apart and I only rode, maybe 20 miles on the thing, TOTAL in it's existence. Still have the Schwinn in the garage, but she hasn't been ridden in maybe 10 years. I now own a Marin Hawk Hill. Much better bike IMO