Sorry if this is in the wrong section. I didn't know whether I should put it in fast threads or not.
Anyways, I've been looking at mountain bikes capable of handling air time and tricks on dirt jumps. My question is: Full suspension bikes are amazingly expensive, and the cheap ones are obviously going to have skimpy parts. I know the suspension is made for cushioning falls and handling harder hits, but is it possible to buy a hard tail bike that will land after some hard hits on a high dirt jump? Or is it simply not feasible to try this?
[url]http://www.covebikeusa.com/products/bikes/3/stiffee.html[/url] This is the bike I had my eye on. I would get a Shocker or something with a great full suspension, but I just do not have $1,000+ to spend right now. I'm not sure how high the jumps I'm going to be going off are yet, simply because I don't know what bike I'm getting, but assume I will be going off jumps that require maybe a dump truck load of dirt (planning on building a park in my backyard).
I'd say this is the right section. Sadly, I don't know too much about mountain bikes but I have a friend who knows a lot about that shit so if no one has anything to offer I can talk to him and see if he can hook you up.
That sounds cool, thanks.
I would imagine it's possible. I mean, the types of bikes with that kind of suspension are relatively new (Not like hundreds of years old) and i'm sure people have been biking off road for a while. This is all coming from someone with a basic knowledge of biking, so it's not gospel, but i would imagine you could do much of the same stuff on offroad bikes regardless of it having a hard-tail or not. I just imagine it might be tougher on you and the bike in the long run. BMX guys have hard-tail bikes and they do a lot of their tricks on hard concrete and wood ramps, so i think it should pass just fine.
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