OK peeps, so I'm gonna get back into biking. I used to do some decent trials/urban assault kinda riding like riding skinny walls, wall rides, 4-5 foot drops, 2 foot+ "ups" onto ledges etc...

So I am looking to get back into it gently and it seems a lot of people recommend a Giant STP. I live in Chicago and there's a few bike shops around that have Giant STP bikes but I am confused about 2 different models and their sizes...

I am about 6 feet tall 200 lbs (trying to lose some by biking, even if its ubran assault )
I want to purchase one of these:
https://bicyclewarehouse.com/itemdetails.cfm?id=9308
which seems like a more expensive and therefore better bike, as it was $900 but they are selling it for $764
It looks like it has gears in the rear and only available online as Large.

This one is available in medium and large and costs pretty much the same exact amount, but is not even on sale.

https://kozy.com/itemdetails.cfm?id=7805

1st of all, does this Reg vs Large size make much of a difference for somebody 6 feet tall wanting to urban assault (where a smaller frame is usually better, i guess) and what is up with this STP SS (cheaper) vs the more expensive but same sale price STP???? Haaalp

Ohh and that cheaper one is only 1 fixed gear in the pic, making it leet???
EDIT again... I just realized that the more expensive yellow model is actually not available in my area, any ideas on which one is better for me?

We don't care.

Grats, die in a fire plz.

not meaning to give you a hard time but this might not be the best forum. The only reason I even know what an STP is is because I used to work at a bike shop that sold them. Not sure which forum would be the best to point you to - maybe the MTB sub forum?

stp's are nice. i'd go with the regular size frame. More tossable. Why not single speed? if your using it for a jump bike

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I would suggest a Colnago C50 with a record group and a M240B machine gun attached.

Well, you will get better response in the MTB forum. We tend to get snobby in here. On that note I'll help what I can. I've spent some time looking at Urban bikes, they look like a blast, something to beat the sh*t out of. Personally, with something that is looking to take a beating, single speed is better. The simpler the bike, the less it will break down. At 6 foot, a medium frame is pushing it if you have long legs, but I'm the same height/weight with a 32" inseam and would go with a medium anyway. But on the note of standard features on the bikes, the gear set-up has better stuff. The DJ-1 is a better fork, and the gears could easily be stripped later if you decided against them. All in all, the geared one is a better choice (if you can find a medium)

moved thread to MTB forum where you'll probably get more better answers

marty

I'd go SS, but that's how I roll. I never did understand the reasoning for running gears on an urban/DJ bike.

I have to agree with Jaypee. But you can always buy a lock out to make it an ss if you dont like the gears.
I know quamen bikes use to make a convertor to SS. ANd transition makes a tensor i think.