I love this one. You havent ridden either, but youve heard something from a kid who really really loved it but who didnt even ride fast or push the bike to its limits at all. Guys who dont ride fast could ride a friggin steamboat down a mountain and say its an awsome bike.well, there was a guy in whistler that i rode with that was part of the yeti rpm team, basically a organized team of colorado kids. anyways, he wasn't too aggressive or fast, so he never really pushed the bike to it's limits at all, but he seemed to really really love it. on the muddy days at the beginning of the week, the sliders did get mucked up, and although i didn't specifically hear his b*tching, it had something to do with the rails getting gooey. the frame is also really heavy.
the v10 has never been a bike i've really liked. the vpp linkage requires a lot of sag and is very very sensitive to having the correct settings. the bike will ride like doody if it isn't set up correctly, i've heard that from numerous v10 owners.
i'd say get the 303 if those are the 2 bikes you're looking at. there are bikes out there that will be, in my opinion, better bikes than the v10 and also much cheaper than the 303, for example, the turner dhr, giant glory, and cove shocker.
I own a 303. It's a great bike and the rougher the terrain the faster the bike wants to go. Yeah it can be weighty, but it doesn't ride heavy. My bike weighs in at 43lbs. It's extremly nimble and easy to handle. I have my Fox DHX PUSHed and that makes it handle even better. I am however not using a Fox40. I am running an '07 Marzocchi 888 SL ATA. I think the 40 might be a better match for the DHX and probly would enable the bike to handle that much better. If there is a drawback it would be the constant attention that the rails require for cleaning and grease and the constant attention that must be paid to the bolts throughout the bike. If you can handle that, the bike is worth every cent that they ask for it.
Actually that could said as well for the Sunday. So what. Get what you want and what you feel suits you best.V10s are everywhere
...V10s are everywhere
i've ridden a v10, didn't like it much. a guy that i've ridden with a few times is selling his v10 in favor of a specialized demo 8, says the demo rides much better. i prefer snappier bikes, much like the older dhr i rode in nevada.I love this one. You havent ridden either, but youve heard something from a kid who really really loved it but who didnt even ride fast or push the bike to its limits at all. Guys who dont ride fast could ride a friggin steamboat down a mountain and say its an awsome bike.
Then you say the v10 sucks (but Im guessing youve never ridden one yourself) because it requires some extra attention setting it up.
Youve never really liked VPP? Way too go genius.
In contrary too you I own a v10 and it rides amazing. Setting it up isnt rocket science either.
Then you start about the DHR and Cove or even the Giant being better then a 303 or a v10, again I doubt if youve ridden any of these, let alone in the right settings. I myself have ridden a DHR and I found it to be much more unstable then the v10 but it was a really sweet bike to ride, I think it will take a little more getting used to before you can really pin that one.
Ive never ridden a 303 so all I can say that its usually heavier then a v10.
If you really want to know which bike you should buy, dont listen to kids on the internet who heard from some other little kid who didnt even ride fast that he really really loved his bike... To a certain point yeah, one bike maybee a bit better then another one, but it all comes down too personall preference in the end, how you ride and where you ride it.
Well.....since everyone was trying to make a recommendation, and hadn't ridden either bike, I figured I would offer a suggestion. I see lots of Turners, Sundays, Demos and V10s around here, so the Yeti has a novelty to it (at least for this area).that can be said about any quality bike component nowadays.
at least santa cruz offers a variety of color options available at no extra cost to make each build unique.
Wow! bikes you may know, but tact ....WHEW! (here's an emoticon thingy to support my statementI love this one. You havent ridden either, but youve heard something from a kid who really really loved it but who didnt even ride fast or push the bike to its limits at all. Guys who dont ride fast could ride a friggin steamboat down a mountain and say its an awsome bike.
Then you say the v10 sucks (but Im guessing youve never ridden one yourself) because it requires some extra attention setting it up.
Youve never really liked VPP? Way too go genius.
In contrary too you I own a v10 and it rides amazing. Setting it up isnt rocket science either.
Then you start about the DHR and Cove or even the Giant being better then a 303 or a v10, again I doubt if youve ridden any of these, let alone in the right settings. I myself have ridden a DHR and I found it to be much more unstable then the v10 but it was a really sweet bike to ride, I think it will take a little more getting used to before you can really pin that one.
Ive never ridden a 303 so all I can say that its usually heavier then a v10.
If you really want to know which bike you should buy, dont listen to kids on the internet who heard from some other little kid who didnt even ride fast that he really really loved his bike... To a certain point yeah, one bike maybee a bit better then another one, but it all comes down too personall preference in the end, how you ride and where you ride it.