Originally Posted by Spearhead

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