well if you want to blindly and hack-ily smash-n-charge, i highly recommend the nomad. it’s stupid efficient for it’s travel. dial it back a touch and maybe a new bronson.
So what are the current options for good, low cost trail bikes?
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In my brief google hunt I couldn't come up with anything besides Giant, Trek, Specialized, Cannondale, SC, and Salsa. Rocky Mountain is a contender also. I would have included Scott also but they pulled out. Wheres the boutique brands jumping on the bandwagon?
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Norco has one. GG has one. There's more, just too coffee deprived right now to think of more.
Chumba makes some sweet ones.
for cheap trail bikes I feel like the transitions are firing on all cylinders these days. simple good bikes.
I half expected the site to just be a link to Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" but it seems they do indeed still make bikes, none that I would pay money for though. It's a shame that most old Murican names that still manufacture in the US are still churning out bikes that would have been sweet in the 90's.
Also it's pretty crazy to see Transition mentioned as a budget bike, in Australia they cost buku bucks!
I believe whatever you buy it needs a trust fork.
You can def still get stuff direct from Maxxis (at full MSRP) but it is getting harder to find 26 stuff from shops or e-shops (discounted). I don't think this means there will be no moar 26 tires super soon but essentially zero shops (online or brick and mortar) carry them consistently. It's definitely more of a pain in the last year than before.
Also, OT. Another vote for a trail pistol. If we had not been ambushed by many unexpected house related costs, I'd have one by now.
Like they said, GG is kid tested, wookiee approved. I'm even wookiee-er than you, the Smash makes a helluva trail bike.
Agreed. I rented one in Squamish and rode a bunch of the classic, chunky Northshore trails and the Nomad was a monster truck. It was also surprisingly okay on the fire road climbs, though I'm sure it would have been more of a factor in CO. Good, solid bike that made me reconsider my choice of the SB-5.
Sqweeb.
