Originally Posted by bruceter
I jsut returned from the bike shop and they are fresh out of the Iron Horse and are willing to replace it with a Giant Rainier. I can get this bike for $300 off of MSRP so I am inclined to do this. I just wanted to make sure that this bike is comparable to the others I was looking at. My main reservation is lack of knowledge about Giant bikes and the Fork on the Rainier is a Rock Shox Judy SL U-Turn (the reviews I read on MTBReview.com are negative about this shock) Help me Please!!!
Ok, Giants are good strong bikes, and can handle some pretty rash stuff, but, evan the boulder SE dosnt live up to minimal mountian bike potential, my cusin has one, he is constantly eating dirt and refused to get bigger tires, make sure your bike is strong enough, or evan if the tire are think enof, their the only part toutching the trail, so, tires can be expensive, if you do buy the giant, i highly suggest you buy new tires with it, and get the hardlebars lowerd, that shold be ok for a newbie