[BIGHITR]

A buddy of mine wanted to try out mountain biking so rather than toss my old bike, I couldn't get anything out of it, I decided to keep it in case a friend wants to go. But rather than me let it fall apart, I decided to buy new cassette, crank rings, chain, derailer, shifters and add some disk brakes to it.

Recently I started thinking new rims, I have a new fork lying around, so I started thinking, new frame, why not.

I want to take all the new stuff off the old bike and put it on a new frame. I want full suspension but don't want to break the bank. Longer travel is my interest too. So when I found this bike on JensonUSA, I thought I'd ask you guys what you all think. It's price is the right area, around $500. Anyone have suggestions as to what I might be able to get for around that with 7 inches of travel with shock? Is this a nice frame? Never heard of Jamis before. I would even consider a slightly used frame on Ebay but want more bang for the buck.

 

[HAB]

Jamis makes some reasonable bikes. They've had issues with chainstays cracking in the past, but their CS has always been really good.

 

[njdeadhead]

I would try to find a old giant faith. I have seen some for sale on here I think.

 

[rigidhack]

For the price, that is a good frame. Check the geometry on it as I recall it being just a bit steep, at least for me.

 

[BIGHITR]

Great! Now I even have more of a haste to get another frame. Just found a small crack on the weld where my shock mounts to my rear frame before I started riding today. So now I need to get a frame a lot faster than I wanted to and don't have the time to be picky and find a good one on Ebay. AARRG!!!.