Hey Im looking to buy a reasonably priced freeride bike that will be able to handle d/h trails and freeride and maybe some big freeride. doesnt matter if its second hand wont pay anymore than 2500$.
If don't mine buying used you can probably find some decent bikes for $2500. From your post I'd suggest something with around 8" of travel. I'd take a look in the buy/sell for bikes like a; Specialized Demo 8, Giant Glory, Norco A-line.
im not sure but i know you can get some very nice older wilsons that can be used for both big freeride an DH. i have an 2004 wilson and its great. the ollie seems good, it was meant more as a freeride bike, you can look on their website: www.devinci.ca.
You probably won't find a better bike than that for less than $2500... and yes, you probably can get it for that cheap if you bargain with your bike shop... they retail for like $2750...
jamis aren't very good bikes... i've seen MANY diablo's with severe frame/linkage issues...
Cannondale is the worst idea ever... for XC, MAYBE, but i would never ride a bike whose designers INSIST on grinding welds down for whatever stupid reason (cosmetics? weight reduction?) in either case, it severely weakens the weld
...ergo, there's a reason they call it crack-and-fail...
You probably won't find a better bike than that for less than $2500... and yes, you probably can get it for that cheap if you bargain with your bike shop... they retail for like $2750...
If you want to get into DH and Big Mountain Freeride you'll probably want something with more travel than Reign. I mean Reigns are pretty sweet bikes, but not really suited for kind of riding the OP is talking about.
jamis aren't very good bikes... i've seen MANY diablo's with severe frame/linkage issues...
Cannondale is the worst idea ever... for XC, MAYBE, but i would never ride a bike whose designers INSIST on grinding welds down for whatever stupid reason (cosmetics? weight reduction?) in either case, it severely weakens the weld
...ergo, there's a reason they call it crack-and-fail...
i have a jamis diablo 1.0 and its sick i love it. just dont like the stock fork