£1k on a full sus bike for DH!!!!!!
johnMTB
Posts: 21
Well peeps, whether I get my bike back or not i'm wanting a FS bike for mainly DH use.
I've had a go today on a Felt Virtue 3 and i thought it was brilliant.
Now there selling the bike off second £999, for £1k is there a better FS bike?
The gears a smooth and great, Deore LX for both derailors and crank!!!
Rock shock forks and a nice rear shock with lock out when going up hill (not often!!!)
Any opinions are welcome, please help me out.
£1k only peeps!!!
I've had a go today on a Felt Virtue 3 and i thought it was brilliant.
Now there selling the bike off second £999, for £1k is there a better FS bike?
The gears a smooth and great, Deore LX for both derailors and crank!!!
Rock shock forks and a nice rear shock with lock out when going up hill (not often!!!)
Any opinions are welcome, please help me out.
£1k only peeps!!!
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No advice then, is it in the wrong section, if so then can it be moved to the correct one please!!!0
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The Virtue isnt a Dh bike though! Its more of an All Mountain bike, with short/medium travel. If you want a full bore DH bike, look elsewhere.0
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I didn't know the virtue isn't a dh bike, it did it bloody good though!!!!
Saying that, i don't do any freeriding at any time, doesn't interest me either, just rough DH and rough XC!!!!!!0 -
I suppose we have to define DH: to many its just riding dow hills, maybe with some rough stuff, but the sport as a discpiline often uses 8 inch or more travel bikes and forks, weighing 40lbs up for terrain with big drop offs and jumps, often several metres in size! Something a bit like this:
I guess you fall into the former category, and if you like the bike for the terrain you ride, go for it.0 -
Nail on the head supersonic!!!!!
I don't do big drop off or big jumps in meters but I do go over very rough tourain, in essence cross country, no??
Well supersonic, your a sheffield lad, i'm a Rotherham lad!!!!!!
Where's there some good XC tracks, I went to grenoside woods today and I LOVED IT!!!!!!!0 -
You went to Greno? Can see the wood from the windows here, 5 min ride! Its pretty intense in places - and of course just accross the road at the top is Wharny.0
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Well I don't knowif there a few car parks but we went in to it and parked up, parking spaces are marked out with boulders.
Anyway I had a right laugh and yes it does go extreme in places BUT I didn't jump or free ride at all,
now you know what i'm into, any suggestions on the bike front!!0 -
Most full sussers at 1k tend to be more XC oriented.
GT Idrive XCR at Halfords worth a look, burly frame and parts and great suss action. Good allrounder for the downs and ups. However the Felt is a good bike for that money, and should handle that sort of riding you describe. I think you need 5inch of travel or so either side, or 6.
Saracen Aireal too.0
