hey, Im sure you guys have heard this a thouand times but Im lookin for a bike. i want a dh/fr frame but its gotta be different then the majority of bikes out there, im 5'9" i only weigh 135 pounds and im pretty smooth so heres some of my preferences:
it has to be light and easy to move around
has to have 6 or 7ish inches of travel, i dont like a monster bike
it has to jump well
i like a low bottom bracket and slack angles
it has to be simple and reliable
i had a balfa bb7 before and besides the fact that it was big i also didnt like the fact that it rode 'in' the trail, as in it was meant to plow through things. i dont weigh enough to us my momentum to push through things, i would rather skip over them. so i want something that is nimble and likes to be in the air.
other then that ya i pretty much only ride whistler, so riding uphill isnt a concern. i dont 'race' dh but sometimes i like to prentend im in a race on the local trails so i like that dh type geometry.
so does anyone know if there is a frame like this out there!??!?
thanks
it has to be light and easy to move around
has to have 6 or 7ish inches of travel, i dont like a monster bike
it has to jump well
i like a low bottom bracket and slack angles
it has to be simple and reliable
i had a balfa bb7 before and besides the fact that it was big i also didnt like the fact that it rode 'in' the trail, as in it was meant to plow through things. i dont weigh enough to us my momentum to push through things, i would rather skip over them. so i want something that is nimble and likes to be in the air.
other then that ya i pretty much only ride whistler, so riding uphill isnt a concern. i dont 'race' dh but sometimes i like to prentend im in a race on the local trails so i like that dh type geometry.
so does anyone know if there is a frame like this out there!??!?
thanks