Hi guys,
Not sure if this is the right forum to be asking this, but the downhill seems to get more traffic than the freeride forum.
Anyways, I've been riding a hardtail for about a year and a half and have gotten my skills to the point where I kind of wish I had a full suspension for high speed descents as well as bigger hit type freeriding. I made the mistake(?) of riding a friends bullit the other day and realized that on a lot of the trails that we ride a hardtail is probably holding me back progression/ fun wise.
Anyways, I've got a fairly low budget but I've been looking at used bikes on our local craigslist and found a couple of decent looking deals. I was just wondering what your thoughts on either bike is. I am idealy looking for a dually in the 6-7" travel range so both appear the fit the bill.
Bike 1- 05' Ironhorse 7point3. Stock components (5th element, Manitou stance, SRAM, etc) I don't really know much about ironhorse bikes and none of my riding buddies have had any experience either. Price- $950
Bike 2- 03 Bighit Comp. Stock components except for what looks to be an 04 Junior T. I've ridden a couple of buddies bighits and test road an 05 last season. Seemed like a pretty nice bike and I know that the frame design is proven. Price- $1000
Basically I'm kind of curious as to how you think the two bikes would compare for the type of riding that I like to do. The ironhorse intrigues me since it seems to have a better rear shock, SRAM components (which I've always loved when riding), and obviously the fact that it's newer. Thanks in advance for any thoughts, and once again, apologies if I posted this in the wrong forum.
Not sure if this is the right forum to be asking this, but the downhill seems to get more traffic than the freeride forum.
Anyways, I've been riding a hardtail for about a year and a half and have gotten my skills to the point where I kind of wish I had a full suspension for high speed descents as well as bigger hit type freeriding. I made the mistake(?) of riding a friends bullit the other day and realized that on a lot of the trails that we ride a hardtail is probably holding me back progression/ fun wise.
Anyways, I've got a fairly low budget but I've been looking at used bikes on our local craigslist and found a couple of decent looking deals. I was just wondering what your thoughts on either bike is. I am idealy looking for a dually in the 6-7" travel range so both appear the fit the bill.
Bike 1- 05' Ironhorse 7point3. Stock components (5th element, Manitou stance, SRAM, etc) I don't really know much about ironhorse bikes and none of my riding buddies have had any experience either. Price- $950
Bike 2- 03 Bighit Comp. Stock components except for what looks to be an 04 Junior T. I've ridden a couple of buddies bighits and test road an 05 last season. Seemed like a pretty nice bike and I know that the frame design is proven. Price- $1000
Basically I'm kind of curious as to how you think the two bikes would compare for the type of riding that I like to do. The ironhorse intrigues me since it seems to have a better rear shock, SRAM components (which I've always loved when riding), and obviously the fact that it's newer. Thanks in advance for any thoughts, and once again, apologies if I posted this in the wrong forum.