Full suspension MTB recommendations

[tasdigi]

Hi Everyone,
The last MTB I purchased was a Diamond Back back in 1995 for $1300.
I have decided to update to a full suspension MTB.
Could anybody make any recommendations to brand and model?
I mainly ride fire trails or designated tracks here in Southern Tasmania.
Would prefer to spend less than $2000, if possible.
All responses will be appreciated.

 

[A - J - S]

Have a look at the Giant NRS series. Excellent value for money with out compromising on design. The
NRS system works and works well. I have plenty of reviews on them but at the moment no working
scanner

AJS


"tasdigi" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Hi Everyone, The last MTB I purchased was a Diamond Back back in 1995 for $1300. I have decided to
> update to a full suspension MTB. Could anybody make any recommendations to brand and model? I
> mainly ride fire trails or designated tracks here in Southern Tasmania. Would prefer to spend less
> than $2000, if possible. All responses will be appreciated.
>
>
>
> --
> >--------------------------<
> Posted via cyclingforums.com http://www.cyclingforums.com

 

[andy]

The only prob with these bikes is that the rear suspension locks up under braking and the become
like an hardtail. That is prbably why xc guys like them. Other than that they are a good value
xc dualie.

A - J - S wrote:
>
> Have a look at the Giant NRS series. Excellent value for money with out compromising on design.
> The NRS system works and works well. I have plenty of reviews on them but at the moment no working
> scanner
>
> AJS
>
> "tasdigi" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Hi Everyone, The last MTB I purchased was a Diamond Back back in 1995 for $1300. I have decided
> > to update to a full suspension MTB. Could anybody make any recommendations to brand and model? I
> > mainly ride fire trails or designated tracks here in Southern Tasmania. Would prefer to spend
> > less than $2000, if possible. All responses will be appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > >--------------------------<
> > Posted via cyclingforums.com http://www.cyclingforums.com

 

[A - J - S]

They do what they are designed to do. You can also tweak the suspension behaviour to a large degree.

http://www.giant-bicycles.com/au/050.000.000/050.010.000.asp?sPageID=050.010 .000

AJS

<[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> The only prob with these bikes is that the rear suspension locks up under braking and the become
> like an hardtail. That is prbably why xc guys like them. Other than that they are a good value
> xc dualie.
>
>
>
> A - J - S wrote:
> >
> > Have a look at the Giant NRS series. Excellent value for money with out compromising on design.
> > The NRS system works and works well. I have plenty of reviews on them
but at
> > the moment no working scanner
> >
> > AJS
> >
> > "tasdigi" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > Hi Everyone, The last MTB I purchased was a Diamond Back back in 1995 for $1300. I have
> > > decided to update to a full suspension MTB. Could anybody make any recommendations to brand
> > > and model? I mainly ride
fire
> > > trails or designated tracks here in Southern Tasmania. Would prefer to spend less than $2000,
> > > if possible. All responses will be appreciated.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > >--------------------------<
> > > Posted via cyclingforums.com http://www.cyclingforums.com

 

[Mica]

frame testing. http://www.efbe.de/etour109.htm

"tasdigi" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Hi Everyone, The last MTB I purchased was a Diamond Back back in 1995 for $1300. I have decided to
> update to a full suspension MTB. Could anybody make any recommendations to brand and model? I
> mainly ride fire trails or designated tracks here in Southern Tasmania. Would prefer to spend less
> than $2000, if possible. All responses will be appreciated.
>
>
>
> --
> >--------------------------<
> Posted via cyclingforums.com http://www.cyclingforums.com

 

[Mica]

frame testing. http://www.efbe.de/etour109.htm

"A - J - S" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> Have a look at the Giant NRS series. Excellent value for money with out compromising on design.
> The NRS system works and works well. I have plenty of reviews on them but
at
> the moment no working scanner
>
>
>
>
> AJS
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "tasdigi" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Hi Everyone, The last MTB I purchased was a Diamond Back back in 1995 for $1300. I have decided
> > to update to a full suspension MTB. Could anybody make any recommendations to brand and model? I
> > mainly ride fire trails or designated tracks here in Southern Tasmania. Would prefer to spend
> > less than $2000, if possible. All responses will be appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > >--------------------------<
> > Posted via cyclingforums.com http://www.cyclingforums.com

 

[tasdigi]

Thank you to everybody that responded to my enquiry.
I will be purchasing a NRS 1 with XT components.

 

[tasdigi]

Originally posted by tasdigi
Thank you to everybody that responded to my enquiry.
I will be purchasing a NRS 1 with XT components.

That should read NRS 3 not NRS 1 .

 

[Peter Signorini]

"Mica" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> frame testing. http://www.efbe.de/etour109.htm
>

If you can make any sense of the bastardised 'Gerglish' used in this article then good luck to you.
Don't know what the relevance of it is anyhow. They were not testing full suspension frames at all
(the test they seem to focus on is irrelevant to FS frames) and the bikes they did test are mostly
never heard of in Australia.

The post is a waste of space. Stop nagging the newsgroup.

Cheers Peter