Fav freeride bike of all time

[I-shred]

Hey guys i wanted to know what your favourite freeride bike of all time and why.
ill start off:08 demo 8 i just love the frame design and it's spec.

 

[SMIIISH]

demos are neat, but you cant go past a session 77. they eat everything, but nowhere near enough of them are about!

 

[Sethius]

http://www.darkcycles.com/pics/scarab_rearqp_large.jpg

id use that if i were going to do some real freeriding cromo all the way!

http://www.darkcycles.com/gallery_pics/leeside2_800.jpg

http://www.darkcycles.com/gallery_pics/scarab_built_5 copy.jpg

http://www.darkcycles.com/gallery_pics/interbike2005.jpg

god them do some nice stuff...

 

[I-shred]

that is some sweet shizzle darkcycles have got lol

 

[tallongdownhill]

Giant Glory 1 best freeride bike, it can take some abuse.The best bike i have ever owned.

 

[Bomb446]

Commencal Furious. Or for insane-100footcliff-hucking, a Session 10.

 

[Ty]

Santa Cruz Super 8
Karpiel Armageddon
Rocky Mountain RM 7/8/9

I reckon those 3 bikes pretty much wrote the genre.

 

[JSPhoto]

well although perhaps not full freeride bikes, i have a couple
Titus Super Moto
Chumba Wumba F4 (More Dh i know)
and the good ol' RMX/7

and those darkcycles are pretty dang sweet!!

 

[Ham]

Santa Cruz Super 8
Karpiel Armageddon
Rocky Mountain RM 7/8/9

I reckon those 3 bikes pretty much wrote the genre.

amen to that some real classics there.

 

[No Skid Marks]

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Of cause

 

[Igofastdh]

Commencal Furious

 

[mountain_bike man]

giant reign x1 all the way!
http://forums.farkin.net/showthread.php?t=111239

 

[dhdave199]

Definatly and Intense M6, i'm sure eneryones seen enough pistures of them.

Oh and a Reign x0, awsome do everything bike.

 

[le chat]

V-Tach (Knolly)

 

[Kymbo1979]

giant reign x1 all the way!
http://forums.farkin.net/showthread.php?t=111239

yep I definitely agree with this. I just got a deal on a 2007 basic model.

If by "Freeride Bike" you mean something that you can pedal to the top of a hill as well as belt down DH track then this is my choice.

It's probably not going to handle the 30ft drop like some of the others mentioned but I've nailed it down some pretty rough DH tracks. I also regularly use it for some fairly mega xc rides and I can keep up with the xc peeps no problem.

I don't know about the 2008 model though, they look a little light and breakable.

K.

 

[Mo]

yep I definitely agree with this. I just got a deal on a 2007 basic model.

If by "Freeride Bike" you mean something that you can pedal to the top of a hill as well as belt down DH track then this is my choice.

It's probably not going to handle the 30ft drop like some of the others mentioned but I've nailed it down some pretty rough DH tracks. I also regularly use it for some fairly mega xc rides and I can keep up with the xc peeps no problem.

I don't know about the 2008 model though, they look a little light and breakable.

K.

actually freeride bikes 'original term' was not meant to be ridden up the hill, rather be dropped off the biggest cliffs, natural or man-made.

i'll post my fav bike when i get on the other computer.

 

[83AST]

Giant Glory 1 best freeride bike, it can take some abuse.The best bike i have ever owned.

To bad your bike takes no abuse paul bahahahaha

 

[MtB_PaRk_4LyF]

KARPIEL Nuf sed

And what ever this is i have no clue

I no its for hucking but thats still freeride

 

[JSPhoto]

bottom bike is a canfield, just for the record, and yer its not exaclty freeride, freeride means you can acctually pedal up a hill for a small amount of time

 

[Fatman]

Santa Cruz Super 8
Karpiel Armageddon
Rocky Mountain RM 7/8/9

I reckon those 3 bikes pretty much wrote the genre.

Agreed, but I would include;

Kona Stinky, love or hate them how could anyone not mention this freeride beast.

Santa Cruz Bullit

Norco VPS series

And on another planet, Cannondale Raven 3000 Super freeride Can't believe they tried to patent the term freeride, especially considering the calibre of their bikes at the time.