Originally Posted by chiefsilverback

It looks like the Quick rang has discs from $600 up, and I’m sure it’s similar with the other brands too.

Mine does not have discs, but I didn’t buy it for off-road, I just started to hit some fire roads and gravel this year, so I put a set of 37mm tires on and it does pretty well.

You could look for a rigid MTB, and if you could find one with suspension corrected geometry you could throw on a nicer fork at some point in the future, and have better drivetrain and brakes from the get go. I just put a Manitou Markhor on my 10 year old Cannondale F5, a nice upgrade from the OEM RockShox Dart.