Considering the fact that you just learned to bunnyhop, you shouldn't even be worried about customizing your bike. But, yes, it's fine to upgrade it.

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my fault, i messed up the link

Do any of you people notice that there's an edit button? Christ.

YES! Alright, that is an awesome thing to know, thank you so much. But no, I'm not planning on upgrading my bike now, that would be silly. I'm just trying to get an idea of what I'd need to do, and how much it would cost, whenever I do decide to upgrade. But for now I'm just glad I have a working Freestyle bike, and I'm going to use what's on it until I wear it out. (I most probably won't wear out the frame though)

hahaha

I'm not joking. There's nothing more annoying than seeing multiple responses in a row from the same person.

Hahahaha yeah. Great when you mess up some of your typing.

they are really, and truly, TRASH!! i rode 1 off a 3 foot drop, the wheel buckled up, and i got a broken spoke stab me in the butt. i don't like em now. only cool thing is the name.

lmao, havin a spoke shoved up ur ass....must be not pleasent.

Diamondback can be a good company if you by there high end bikes....but if you dont spend money on their bikes and buy the ones that are sold at sports athurity or a department store try looking at bieks from DANS COMPITITION if you want something cheap try a Poverty Buck 99 its only sold in DANS tho.....hope i helped.................. -taylor- kinetikbikeshop@yahoo.com

[QUOTE=BMXTRIX]Diamondback is finally catching up to Haro and some of the other companies with their entry and mid level stuff.

Bikes like the Orion and Venom have decent designs and the Orion really appears to have some decent components on it. That is it though: DECENT - Not great, not fantastic, no chrome rims, no sealed 3-piece cranks... Just a decent bike.

The Sherman on the other hand gives you the sealed 3-piece cranks, cassette hub, Hombre U-brakes, and chrome rims. It isn't inexpensive by a long shot... but at least it falls into the realm of 'upper end' and seems to do it nicely.

The problem with Diamond Back is that they are just imitators at this point - they really aren't a step ahead of their competition and they aren't advancing the sport at all. Instead, they just copy what companies like Haro and DK are doing. A good example is that even their high-end bike doesn't feature a Euro bottom bracket which is almost the standard for high-end bikes these days.

The one thing they do that I like a lot, is with their top mounted brakes, they route the cable straight into the brakes. This improves brake performance greatly and reduces wear on the cables. Nice touch on even their cheaper bikes.

But, no chrome rims on anything but their one top of the line, and top dollar ride. Also, no bigger bikes except for their one top of the line bike. So, a guy who is 5'10" and 15 or 16 years old and just looking to get into riding, must spend over 400 bucks with them to get any bike the right size.

OK check the specs option the orion has 3 piece tubular chromoly cranx and it has dia tech hombres and an sst amplifier oh and a 1 piece chromo fork i reckon for the price its better then the intermediate haros i mean most arent even full chromo

are gt bikes better??

gts r ok but for your money i reckon an eastern would do you well, a dk sixpack is good or the diamondback (but only the orion or venom)

i definately find having onion in your eyes, then rubbing your eyes to make it go away(with onion on your hands) and then having MORE onio in your eyes, then sticking your head screaming under a tap, only to find you've swutched on the hot water, much more annoying. and that really hurts fit to beat hell by the way.

not up, through one of my ass cheex. hurt just like the onion thing(see above post)