Cheap jump frame + good forks

pimpedupmonkey

HI there i used to ride downhill many many years ago when people used hardtails for downhill and wore lycra.

i am wanting to get back into downhill after nearly 15 years out and dont want to jump straight onto a £1k+ rig. so i am thinking about getting a jump bike to get the feel back of riding a bike on local bmx tracks and a new trail just built directly across the road from my house next to the sheffild ski village.

now here is my question is a cheap jump bike say the x-rated mesh from halfords upgraded to a pair or DJ3's just as good as a specialized p1 running the same fork honestly no snobbery here please im not going to be doing any hardcore jumping just mainly cursing smooth single track and bmx tracks i already know a p1 would be lighter but i can put up with a few more KG's for a few hundred pounds saving as the bike is only to see if i still get a buzz out of blasting the trails.

pimpedupmonkey

in short in terms of frames are both just as snappable as each other??

supersonic

The Mesh weighs an absolute ton - but is tough because it.

felix.london

Have a look here;

Looks like a few bargains;

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Offers.aspx?Offer=2&CategoryIDs=2145

felix.london

...any good??

Brave Machine 404
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=48318

paul.skibum

Check out the CRC (http://www.chainreactioncycles.com) sales - they have some very nice looking, heavily discounted jump oriented bikes - Nukeproof Snap, DMR 898, Giant STP 1, DMR Drone Reptoid, Commencal Absolut - all good for what you want I'd suggest and sensibly priced (though exactly how much I cant tell - they come up in Canadian for me and I cant be bothered to check what they are in GBP)

(Like Fleix said while I was typing!)

felix.london

pimpedupmonkey

I like the look of the Brave Machine 404 but its a bit over budget for a bike to see if i stil like mtbing as much as i did when i was 16/17.

you see the wifes put her foot down with a budget of £300 each for me and both of my boys to get new bikes and if i stick with it till next year she wont mind me getting a £1k+ bike as long as "I" pay for it cash and not put it on "our" credit card lol

thats why i was looking at a x-rated mesh and a set of DJ3's with a plan of thrashing the life out of it till next summer then replacing it

felix.london

Sounds like a plan - there's def plenty of used DJ3's knocking around

Or what about just hitting the classifieds for a whole bike?..there's censored loads of good looking jump bikes for less than £300 on Pinkbike

cooldad

Buy them a nasty Apollo each for £50 which leaves you £800 for yourself.
If they don't like it stick them in the cupboard under the stairs for a week or so. They'll come round.

paul.skibum

Or buy a 900 quid Nukeproof Snap and "share" it with the kids........

pimpedupmonkey

felix.london wrote:

Or what about just hitting the classifieds for a whole bike?..there's censored loads of good looking jump bikes for less than £300 on Pinkbike

thanks for pointing me towards pinkbike totally forgot about that site even though my mate got a bike off there just last week lol

seen a few most need spare parts but looking talking to a guy whos selling up comes with a spare tires, wheels and a full spare set of hydraulic disks, bargain.

Foriousbikes

cooldad wrote:

Buy them a nasty Apollo each for £50 which leaves you £800 for yourself.
If they don't like it stick them in the cupboard under the stairs for a week or so. They'll come round.

Thanks got a laugh..been feeling out myself complete noob to custem building just won a x rated for 20 local collect ebay. Going to strip for some parts and either weigh in frame or give to local frame chairty..

steve_sordy

pimpedupmonkey wrote:

HI there i used to ride downhill many many years ago when people used hardtails for downhill and wore lycra.

i am wanting to get back into downhill after nearly 15 years out and dont want to jump straight onto a £1k+ rig. so i am thinking about getting a jump bike to get the feel back of riding a bike on local bmx tracks and a new trail just built directly across the road from my house next to the sheffild ski village.

now here is my question is a cheap jump bike say the x-rated mesh from halfords upgraded to a pair or DJ3's just as good as a specialized p1 running the same fork honestly no snobbery here please im not going to be doing any hardcore jumping just mainly cursing smooth single track and bmx tracks i already know a p1 would be lighter but i can put up with a few more KG's for a few hundred pounds saving as the bike is only to see if i still get a buzz out of blasting the trails.

Just been reading through your post and I can't help noticing the conflicts in there.

"Riding downhill" and "wanting to get back into downhill" "not doing any hardcore jumping, just cursing (cruising?) smooth single track and bmx tracks "blasting the trails"

Your bike choices that you name clearly point to dirt jumping bikes, so I'm assuming that is the style of bike you have in mind, and to which the other posters have responded. But a DJ bike will not be best suited to any of the above except bmx. I agree that you can ride pretty much any bike anywhere, but I have tried riding a DJ bike around a trail centre and I was really glad to swap back after only half a mile. :shock:

I bumped into a small group at my local trail centre yesterday. All but two had hired hardtails and were pleased with them, the other two had DJ bikes which they brought to give the DJ park a hammering. But they now had five miles of trails to ride and they looked knackered. Despite them looking cool, I did not envy them.

JBA

You do know that you are replying to a 6-year old post, don’t you?

steve_sordy

JBA wrote:

You do know that you are replying to a 6-year old post, don’t you?

No I didn't. My bad! :oops:
I clicked on "new posts" and it picked up the one by Foriousbikes that was a recent post. From that I read the OP without realising how old it was. I'm new to this site and I haven't got fully into whereabouts to look automatically. "New posts" really ought to mean new posts