decent hardtail frame for under $150
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Dunno about "decent," but Supergo has aluminum frames for $100, and JensonUSA has some steel frames for around $120. Good luck!
Nashbar has their house brand steel frame for $70 and their aluminum for $150. I have a friend who picked up the steel and built it up as an SS. No problems so far. It's not the lightest, but if it's just for a back up, the price is right and Steel is real.
I have a Supergo frame that I picked up for $99. I first used it as a commuter, but now it's a rigid single speed. Besides the hideous graphics on it, it's a great frame for the money.
http://www.bikenashbar.com/profile.cfm?category=130&subcategory=1176&brand=&sku=5699&storetype=&estoreid=
will this rear triangle hold out on 1' drops?
will this rear triangle hold out on 1' drops?
Absolutely. Assuming you aren't a big (250+) guy, you should be able to handle all kinds of stuff--certainly anything that you would find on your usual trails. unless, you live on the N.Shore. In which case, bwahahahaha...er, buy something bigger.
Yeah, that thing'll definitely hold up. Those are Kona frames, so they've got some serious beef.
BTW, I don't think there's much of anything that'll break on 1' drops, unless you fall a lot. I've taken my 2.7lb carbon frame over bigger drops and it's holding up fine.
BTW, I don't think there's much of anything that'll break on 1' drops, unless you fall a lot. I've taken my 2.7lb carbon frame over bigger drops and it's holding up fine.
How do you know that they're Kona frames? Not that I'm disagreeing w/ you, I'm just curious. If they are, I might go buy one!
I might add that the reason you keep busting rear triangles on your Jamises is probably not because you're extraordinarily hard on rear triangles; they SHOULD NOT break if the biggest you go is 1 foot. That's either because they're really old, or because you're bottoming out the shock really hard (too light a spring?) or because you're unlucky.
I don't have the "official inside line", but the unanimous decision among a bunch of shop guys I know is that it's a Kona - if you've ever seen one in person, it's got a massive, bi-axially ovalized downtube - built for serious abuse. I think it's a '98 or '99; sorry I can't be specific about it...
