Mountain Bike Love
I'd love to have a mountain bike. I didn't realize how pricey they are.
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Well...
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do you still have the cannondale M500? thats a mountain bike you know? ride what you got until you can afford more.
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Originally Posted by coffeesnob
(Post 21852285)
I'd love to have a mountain bike. I didn't realize how pricey they are.
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You can get a really capable brand-new hardtail for $800.
Also, this: https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...f61700548d.jpg |
Originally Posted by Miradaman
(Post 21853503)
Me too. I'd love to have a "real" mountain bike but I can't justify the cost, given I live in the flat Midwest and my old GT hardtail is perfectly adequate for all the local forest preserve singletrack...
Add in dropper posts and better disc brakes and today's bikes are so much safer and more capable, it's worth the jump. I ride a rigid MTB and I would put it against any full suspension bike made 20 years ago. |
Originally Posted by davei1980
(Post 21853548)
Old MTBs are great but they are so short, if you get into ANY sort of technical descending, the longer wheelbase and slacker geometry of today's bikes makes a HUGE difference, you no longer get that "I'm going to endo!" sensation.
Add in dropper posts and better disc brakes and today's bikes are so much safer and more capable, it's worth the jump. I ride a rigid MTB and I would put it against any full suspension bike made 20 years ago. |
Originally Posted by Miradaman
(Post 21853618)
Indeed, I've rented several new MTBs over the last few years on trips out to CO. There's no comparison, you'd get killed taking my old GT on some of the trails I took those rental bikes on. Not to mention you'd never be able to do the ascents, you'd be walking up the whole way...
Older, steel MTBs are enjoying somewhat of a renaissance right now for a different reason: They're plentiful (they made a gazillion of them), inexpensive, made of steel (durable), have upright riding positions and clearance for very wide tires. For all these reasons they make GREAT city bikes with very few modifications (fenders, decent tires, etc). Crust makes a fork to convert these bikes to accept a 20" front wheel so that you can haul a decent amount of cargo (like an 18 gallon plastic tote) over the front wheel. I have a Peugeot Crazy Horse hanging in my garage, as we speak, just waiting for me to get bored enough to turn it in to exactly this! |
Originally Posted by davei1980
(Post 21853700)
Yeah they have come a long way!
Older, steel MTBs are enjoying somewhat of a renaissance right now for a different reason: They're plentiful (they made a gazillion of them), inexpensive, made of steel (durable), have upright riding positions and clearance for very wide tires. For all these reasons they make GREAT city bikes with very few modifications (fenders, decent tires, etc). Crust makes a fork to convert these bikes to accept a 20" front wheel so that you can haul a decent amount of cargo (like an 18 gallon plastic tote) over the front wheel. I have a Peugeot Crazy Horse hanging in my garage, as we speak, just waiting for me to get bored enough to turn it in to exactly this! |
Originally Posted by carlosponti
(Post 21853151)
do you still have the cannondale M500? thats a mountain bike you know? ride what you got until you can afford more.
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Pick any hobby of sorts and good gear is going to cost a lot.
I have photography friends with $5000+ invested in equipment. Fly fishing is one of my other hobbies. A good fly rod, reel and line alone will cost you about $800. That doesn't include waders which are $400-$800 and host of other miscellaneous equipment. I probably have close to $4000+ invested in fly fishing gear. Ice fishing another hobby of mine...I easily have $3000+ invested in that. If you like paddling...a kevlar canoe is $3000-$4000 It's not just limited to mountain biking. |
Originally Posted by Miradaman
(Post 21853618)
Indeed, I've rented several new MTBs over the last few years on trips out to CO. There's no comparison, you'd get killed taking my old GT on some of the trails I took those rental bikes on. Not to mention you'd never be able to do the ascents, you'd be walking up the whole way...
There's really no comparison between and old bike and a modern bike with 5+" of suspension, massive hydraulic discs that you can brake with one finger, and 2.5in wide tires. |
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