Seattle18 said:
Now a new wrinkle has emerged. I spoke with my LBS guy and he informed me that on the ever-mysterious dealers-only invoice of available bikes, he saw about 100 or so 2006 Hardrock Pro bikes, available for about $650, and he could get me one of those for $550 if I wanted it instead of the Hardrock Sport Disc mentioned above. He assured me it was a better bike, and from what I've read he's right. But is it worth the extra $200 to move up from the Sport to the Pro? Comments please...
The site no longer shows the specs on the sport,so its difficult to see actual component benefits.The pro has a pro disk and the pro shown with v brakes,identical bikes except for brake choiceand front shock,Although the specs for the pro say the front shock has no Bosses for the v brakes,so does it come with this shock or not?Recon 351SL Air (disc only, no brake bosses) 100mm, Motion Control Damping, 1-1/8" Alloy Steer, 32mm alloy stanchion, lock out and rebound adjust
So it comes down to the front shock on the sport and the pro,does the shock on the sport offer lock out?
If IT DOES I'D PROBABLLY GO WITH THE SPORT.
Sport Disc brakes: Tektro IO, mechanical disc, 6" rotor
Sport Disc fork: RST Gilla Plus-T6, disc only, 100mm, preload adj, 30mm Cro-Mo stanchions, coil/MCU
Pro Disc brakes: Avid BB5, mechanical disc with 6" Roundagon rotor
Pro Disc fork: Marzocchi MZ-3, 100mm, 30mm stanchions, coil/MCU w/ preload adjust