Giant Bike...

[LordNikon]

It also has an SPV rear shock...

A mate of mine has seen one of these in action and they're apparently just as good as a hardtail for climbing and pedalling around.


Am thinking about selling off mine (plus some other bits and pieces) and upgrading to the VT two, or VT-one if I can manage it. :wink:

 

[CHEWY]

how much does the cheapest specialized Epic cost? that could be a option worth pursueing

 

[Guest]

theres not much between them except the forks and a bit of the running gear the VT 3 would be a good buy i rekon.

theres a big difference between the two

 

[wombat]

Check out Meridas Mission bikes too; quite similar to the epics (funny that...)

 

[lupine128]

apparantly every single mission in australia either has, or is about to crack the swing arm. we stock them, and they are an awesome XC bike, but the swing arm really was designed by a crack smoking monkey.
the '04 swingarms are cnc'd and supposedly stronger.
oh, and how bad were the '03 swingarms? the guy i work with is on his 3rd, and the last one lasted 12 days. we even had a warranty claim from a guy i KNOW only commutes to and from the city on his.

 

[Guest]

my friends didnt get the chance to break his got nicked :cry: such a sweet bike

 

[man]

u could buy my ac3 off me

its a good bike for freeriding and the travel adjust is simple for those steep bastard climbs. its also great on all 6 inches for going downhill and will stand up to a lot more than ur iguana

pm me if interested...

sam