Recent content by r8dioactive

Go to a shop that specializes in bicycles. Brands like specialized, gary fischer, scott, raleigh, cannondale, salsa, surly, giant, trek, fuji, just about anything that you will find at a bicycle focused store will be relialble. I currently ride a scott scale 50, and scott's lower end seems to be...

If you are going to get a decent full suspension bike, you are doomed to pass the $1000 mark. If you want decent disk brakes, you will have to spend over $500. Disk brakes differ from rim brakes in stopping power and durability. one Major advantage with disk brakes is that once they wear down...

upwards of 3000 dollars. Don't go for anything but real hydraulic disk brakes, preferably with more than two pistons, still... the guys racing for yeti cycles (HUGE DH team) are on two piston disks by shimano. a good fork by rockshox are good too, like a pike or boxxxer. then you go to wheels...