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mista-jones
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 Posted: Mon 23rd Jun 8:00pm Post subject: Moving From Bmx To Mtb |
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Hey, I've been riding BMX for a few years and now im looking to get more back into the mtb side of things, and would like to get a Hard Tail. Main things i will use it for are dirtjump, structures like woodhill style, trail, a bit of street, pretty much most things. A friend of mine has a Kona Sparc and i think its a real nice bike to ride. Im looking at the Kona Cowan HT and was wondering if anyone knows what its like, or if there are any other brands with nice HT bikes like this around that price range?
Thanks
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rory161192
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the p series, or the stp series, i personally dont rate kona that much. Id keep the bmx for street, as mtb street looks and feels knaw. or if your full of money, custom build it. this way you will get exactly what you want. Id go down that route, and buy a proper sweet frame, (DMR, ns bikes, etc etc) then build around that.
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Mattus
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| Posted: Mon 23rd Jun 8:15pm Post subject: |
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Cowans are pretty sweet. Or you could look at my bike which just happens to be for sale.
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Monolith
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| Posted: Mon 23rd Jun 8:16pm Post subject: |
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IMO a Blk Mrkt Riot would be a cool alternative to an STD or P-bike.
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Butch
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| Posted: Mon 23rd Jun 8:17pm Post subject: |
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| Monolith wrote: | | IMO a Blk Mrkt Riot would be a cool alternative to an STD or P-bike. |
Faaark! Good call!
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CraigOfMarshall
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| Posted: Mon 23rd Jun 8:21pm Post subject: |
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dont get a kona there gay and oh so common
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mista-jones
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So something like specialized P.2 compared to Kona Cowan? I dunno im not too keen on Specialized BMX's but then I dont know much about their MTBs
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kcids-naughty-account
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| Posted: Mon 23rd Jun 8:33pm Post subject: |
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hmm i wouldnt rate the kona HT's that great. try a DMR or if your a bit poorer a stp or speshy p will do
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billicopter
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JohnnyC
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Blk Mrkt is the best mtb jump bike around, spot on angles, really nicely made and the ride is sublime 
The specializeds are pretty good but for me I find the long is way too long and the short is ridiculously short, otherwise nice bikes.
Giant STP is also very nice, similar to the Blk Mrkt but with slighlty longer chainstays (also Aluminium)
For something cheap, I would go with the Iron Horse Yakuza Chimpira, it comes nicely specced with a good fork (rock shox argyle) and solid parts throughout. The Chimpira can be picked up for around 1700 dollars complete, comes with gears and disc brakes so it can be used for just about anything. It also has what I think is "proper" geometry for a hardtail (like the Blk Mrkt, STP and specialized) which is short chainstays (<16" and a slackish head angle (~68.5 degrees). Konas and DMR's etc have long stays and a steep head angle so don't ride as good
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billicopter
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although
i have to admit
i have a kona sparc and love it (usuallly)
i got it for $900 brand new from Bike Barn ages ago (before the 08 1's came out)
i also got some hayes 9's for $200 for it off trpdo7
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MattV
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| gtruckus08 wrote: | | dont get a kona there gay and oh so common |
And what sort of bike do you ride hmmm?
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mista-jones
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Are all the DMR bikes 24"? I would prefer a 26".. What would be their equivalent to the Cowan?
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JohnnyC
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| mista-jones wrote: | | Are all the DMR bikes 24"? I would prefer a 26".. What would be their equivalent to the Cowan? |
Trailstar, sidekick or transition 26. Although coming from a bmx I don't know how much you'd like a dmr, you'd prefer the geometry of something like a Black Market or STP IMO.
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mista-jones
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Looking at the STP 1 and 0 I quite like the look of these now, any more opinions on this?
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