I did A LOT of shopping around a research over the past couple weeks to figure out exactly what bike i needed. I came to the conclusion that the Diamondback Response Comp was the way to go. Its a hardtail XC bike with some pretty decent components, and not very expensive ($650 new). I wanted an '06 so I could save a couple hundred dollars, but the problem with that was nobody had any! I called everywhere, ALL of my local bike shops and ALL of the sports stores like Dicks and Sports Authority. I found one on Ebay, and after a bidding war I ending up winning for just over $500 including shipping. It should be here this week, hopefully.
My question now is, what should I be looking into and doing in the mean time before my bike gets here? And with the weather as cold as it is right now I wont be doing any real riding until it warms up a bit. Any thoughts?
Oh and BTW, thanks to everyone who spoke up on my last post. All of your comments were much appreciated. And if any of you live around Greenville SC let me know, I need to find some cool people to start riding with!!!
My question now is, what should I be looking into and doing in the mean time before my bike gets here? And with the weather as cold as it is right now I wont be doing any real riding until it warms up a bit. Any thoughts?
Oh and BTW, thanks to everyone who spoke up on my last post. All of your comments were much appreciated. And if any of you live around Greenville SC let me know, I need to find some cool people to start riding with!!!