MTB guys?

[Trip McNeely]

Trek

[Craizie]

This right here. My bike store told me they are loaded up on inventory. Also you can't hardly give a used bike away. Buy something on market place or something. I have not been riding much, been walking the dogs three times a week. It is a win win. Even though my busted ass foot is still giving me problems.

Any recommendstions on brand(s) or model(s) to look out for on market place?

[kingjason]

Make sure whatever you get has boost spacing, through axles and has what are common standards now for seat tube id, preferably tapered headset and hydraulic disc brakes.

With getting into it now, you're catching the market at a major low on pricing when you compare it to the past 3yrs.

Feel free to hmu if you have any questions, I'm happy to help.

This right here. My bike store told me they are loaded up on inventory. Also you can't hardly give a used bike away. Buy something on market place or something. I have not been riding much, been walking the dogs three times a week. It is a win win. Even though my busted ass foot is still giving me problems.

[Tx Redneck]

Make sure whatever you get has boost spacing, through axles and has what are common standards now for seat tube id, preferably tapered headset and hydraulic disc brakes.

With getting into it now, you're catching the market at a major low on pricing when you compare it to the past 3yrs.

Feel free to hmu if you have any questions, I'm happy to help.

[Murph Tang]

Don't buy any off brand Chinese made bikes....stick with a bigger brand used off of marketplace.

I would also start off with a hard tail but if you really enjoy MTBing then definitely get a full suspension. Nite and day riding.

[mustang_revival]

https://www.bikesdirect.com/

[Trip McNeely]

Trek hard tail. They come pretty rugged from the factory so you wouldn’t have to upgrade much. Also easy to upgrade if you want to. You can find them on the secondhand market for a decent price. I bought mine about 12 years ago and immediately spent more upgrading than the bike cost me. Don’t waste your money on full suspension.

[Craizie]

I'm going to get back up in your ass with the resurrection of this thread.

Whats a good lower end ( read cheaper ) mountain bike to get started on? Or maybe a mid level one I can buy off the FB market place on the cheap.

Something I wont be mad at spending a few $100 dollars on, but something I wont want to replace immediately if I decide to get into it.

Thoughts? prayers?

[kingjason]

Since Cedar Hill tried to kill me one time I gave her a try today. No issues really. I did 8 and then 3. It has more elevation changes then I remember.

[kingjason]

10 different DORBA trails around DFW in the same day.

LOL. Not there yet.

[Shorty]

Where the hell you gonna get 70 to 100 miles? Unless it encompasses more than one trail system. My Strava looks like a drunk guy going back and forth lost in the woods I did so many trails out there and I looped back around several times. I did miss the back side of ranger though. Multi complete laps I guess?

10 different DORBA trails around DFW in the same day.

[kingjason]

Judgment Day is a blast. 10 different trails, 70 or 100 miles of riding, and a 24 hr time limit. I haven't participated the last 2 years due to life changes but it will test your mettle. I hope to do it again next year when I have some spare time to train. I mostly ride road nowadays.

Where the hell you gonna get 70 to 100 miles? Unless it encompasses more than one trail system. My Strava looks like a drunk guy going back and forth lost in the woods I did so many trails out there and I looped back around several times. I did miss the back side of ranger though. Multi complete laps I guess?

[Shorty]

Judgment Day is a blast. 10 different trails, 70 or 100 miles of riding, and a 24 hr time limit. I haven't participated the last 2 years due to life changes but it will test your mettle. I hope to do it again next year when I have some spare time to train. I mostly ride road nowadays.

[Trip McNeely]

All Trails is another good hiking/biking trail app. I've used it to hike before.

[95DRGT]

So, 600 miles this year, and destroyed Hachie last time I went. I figured I would give Big Cedar a try last week. I was out there about an hour and a half and almost figured out my way around. What was confusing was every where I turned it had arrows to judgment day. I kept thinking, how the hell do I keep ending up on this same trail! After reading the reviews again I realized it was a race they had, jeez take down the signs. My Strava app said I was through the roof on exertion. I was going to ride the next day but ended up napping a lot. Super nice riding area though and I dug the new pavilion.

The weirdest thing about mountain biking is I never feel like I am really riding that hard but in the end I have blown away stats from riding my road bikes. I did download a new app called trail forks after that ride. Brilliant I tell you. It is like Google maps for trails. I may give the ole Cedar Hill State Park a go tomorrow since it tried to kill me 19 years ago as a large fella.

Nice-I need to check a decent app like that. I did CHSP last week after several years away and it’s as good as ever