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A really really good free ride, down hill hard tail.

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A really really good free ride, down hill hard tail.
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flag plumslinger
Posted: Nov 2, 2007 at 11:23 Quote
take a look at the NS Bikes Bitch. Its only a frame but will make a mental build.
flag sam111
Posted: Nov 2, 2007 at 11:25 Quote
erm have you heard of cotic? they have a steel hardtail witch looks grate its called bfe http://www.cotic.co.uk/product/BFe.html
flag r-888rydr
Posted: Nov 2, 2007 at 11:29 Quote
theoutpost wrote:
Cove forplay, Dual crown warrentied, lotso' gussets, nanometer perfect geomety (oh yes its beautiful to ride...) lifetime warrenty, what more can you say?

Dude, those things are sweet. There is no way you could break one of those frames on the DH. Plus cove is a pretty rare brand, at least in my area, so people will always wonder what it is...
flag noxy
Posted: Nov 2, 2007 at 13:13 Quote
Well one thing for sure is that all your suggestions are great. But i will only get a bike where i can bike it locally. So banshee morphine, transition vagrant, .243, rampage, balfa minuteman, evil imperial. So far those are my choices.
flag ramquatch
Posted: Nov 2, 2007 at 14:35 Quote
go with the rampage
flag noxy
Posted: Nov 2, 2007 at 15:43 Quote
I hear good things about the rampage, but i want to buy from a small industry. They seem to put more intent on the bikes, instead of mass producers like Norco and Kona.
flag ramquatch
Posted: Nov 2, 2007 at 15:45 Quote
yeh but norco is hand made in canada it a big distributing company but not a mass producer
flag m47h13u
Posted: Nov 2, 2007 at 15:46 Quote
ramquatch wrote:
yeh but norco is hand made in canada it a big distributing company but not a mass producer
Maybe in Australia they are a less common bike, but Norco dominates the Canadian market. I agree with him going with something else.
flag PedalUpBombDown
Posted: Nov 2, 2007 at 15:50 Quote
take a look at the Evil Imperial. it's so DH to dirt jump they give you 6 different goemetries depending on how big of a fork you out on it.
evil-bikes.com
flag noxy
Posted: Nov 2, 2007 at 16:08 Quote
The evil is pretty nice, but very expensive. I think transition Vagrant is perfect for me, i have only seen positive reviews on it.
flag bansheeripper
Posted: Nov 3, 2007 at 11:41 Quote
konarider6666 wrote:
2008 kona 5-0

Bolt-on drop-outs = BAD, extra things to come loose!!!Thumbs Down
flag bansheeripper
Posted: Nov 3, 2007 at 11:49 Quote
Here is another great frame, but it would be way out of your price range I'm sure at: $1500+(calculated on Xe.com currency converter)Madder

http://nicolai.net/products/e-frames/e-2mxtb.html

Check out the wicked colors avail.tup
flag wannakona
Posted: Nov 3, 2007 at 11:53 Quote
m47h13u wrote:
ramquatch wrote:
yeh but norco is hand made in canada it a big distributing company but not a mass producer
Maybe in Australia they are a less common bike, but Norco dominates the Canadian market. I agree with him going with something else.

Is there a reason they dominate the market? I agree that small bike companies definately have advantages, but hey, no one can deny quality products from a large company, eh? If I am wrong, please reply!
flag creamsoda
Posted: Nov 3, 2007 at 12:01 Quote
wannakona wrote:
m47h13u wrote:
ramquatch wrote:
yeh but norco is hand made in canada it a big distributing company but not a mass producer
Maybe in Australia they are a less common bike, but Norco dominates the Canadian market. I agree with him going with something else.

Is there a reason they dominate the market? I agree that small bike companies definately have advantages, but hey, no one can deny quality products from a large company, eh? If I am wrong, please reply!

that would probably be, because norco is a canadian company. i believe that most, if not all their bikes are made in canada (except perhaps the lowest end entry level stuff). so factoring in distribution costs, logistics and such, it would be cheaper to get the same norco bike here than in australia.

 


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