What is the best bike for someone looking to get into downhill racing?
Im looking into getting into downhill mountain biking, i have rode a little bit on friends bikes and i have a hardtail but i was wondering what would be the best dual suspension bike to start racing on.
a GT dhi,kona stab,specialized big hit,jamis diablo,kona stinky,
or if your budget stretches far enough a specialized demo,giant glory dh,intense,commencal meta,
dosent matter there are alot of good bikes out there
Get a yeti or cannondale frame, there are lots of them on ebay. I bet your buddies have plenty of random parts that they will sell cheap or give to ya. Build a frankenbike, to learn how to ride, crash, recover, repair (don’t want to have to pay mechanic to fix everything) etc. Checkout sales for a new fork, look for bikes with 1.5 headtubes for a bigger fork. If you get a used one have it rebuilt, you don’t need to find out that its blown at the end of the travel on a 6′ drop.
Or if you just have money to burn get a Pivot Phoenix DH, super sweet ride!
http://www.pivotcycles.com/phoenix_dh.php