I am currently in the market for a new bike and am very interested in DH and FR bikes. I currently ride an 06 Gary Fisher GED that i have put an SS conversion on. Its my street bike right now. i have become tired of limiting myself to the drops i can take with a hardtail. if i go anything larger than a five foot drop it jarrs my bones. i have broken my right ankle twice and sprained my left twice really badly. so i'm looking to stay out of surgery for as long as possible. it'll happen one day.
Moving past the life story. I am interested in getting me a bike that i'd be able to take to the top of the mountain and bomb down. possibly also some large street style stuff. To my novice knowledge it seems as though the DH are far beefier and heavier but i've still seen guys huck the hell out of FR bikes. so if any one would give me the rundown on either one or both of the different bikes and what they are used for. i like the DH style bikes more because they are longer travel and seem much stronger but they are expensive.
also what would be the max i would want to drop a FR cycle without breaking major components? Sorry for the FR cycle mention here because this is a downhill forum. but i did not know where the hell to post this. once i go home this summer from school i'm going to hit up my friends at my lbs who rent bikes and see if i can demo both types if they have them, but it is always nice to hear some outside info because sometimes you have to take an lbs's advise with a grain of salt.
Thank You
Moving past the life story. I am interested in getting me a bike that i'd be able to take to the top of the mountain and bomb down. possibly also some large street style stuff. To my novice knowledge it seems as though the DH are far beefier and heavier but i've still seen guys huck the hell out of FR bikes. so if any one would give me the rundown on either one or both of the different bikes and what they are used for. i like the DH style bikes more because they are longer travel and seem much stronger but they are expensive.
also what would be the max i would want to drop a FR cycle without breaking major components? Sorry for the FR cycle mention here because this is a downhill forum. but i did not know where the hell to post this. once i go home this summer from school i'm going to hit up my friends at my lbs who rent bikes and see if i can demo both types if they have them, but it is always nice to hear some outside info because sometimes you have to take an lbs's advise with a grain of salt.
Thank You