Giant Reign or Specialized Big Hit

[Ben-ya-min]

Been looking at getting a new bike and have been looking quite a lot at a Big Hit. so i went into Chain reaction Cronulla to have a chat with them about the big hit and he pretty much Puled me away from it and got talking about Giant Reigns.
So what do you guys think?

I ride mostly in the shire (wonnie heights and Bangor) but am looking at going down to Bulli and Ourimbah. i am 16 and still growing and improving. looking at medium sized frame.
So as the title suggests what should i buy??

P.s what about 2nd hand??? any major traps??

 

[VTSS350]

Depends on the type of riding you are going to be doing.

The Reign is a XC/AM bike.

The bighit is closer to a DH bike

 

[Ben-ya-min]

Yer I'm doing more DH than AM. The guy at the bike shop said that anything you can do on the big hit you could do on the reign :/ so I'm not to sure at the moment but I like the big hit more.

 

[leadz]

I am specialized

Yer I'm doing more DH than AM. The guy at the bike shop said that anything you can do on the big hit you could do on the reign :/ so I'm not to sure at the moment but I like the big hit more.

Hi i have a big hit 2. and if you are doing more dh then go the big hit its a sick bike..

 

[Ben-ya-min]

Hi i have a big hit 2. and if you are doing more dh then go the big hit its a sick bike..

Which spec do you have?? 1, 2 or 3??

 

[ozmanick]

i've got a big hit 1 2009 and it's a very nice ride dh, it's plush and pedals fairly efficiently for a bike with that much suspension.

 

[Ben-ya-min]

i am currently looking at a second hand big hit 2 (2009) on bikeexchange.com.
is there anything major to be careful of buying second hand??

 

[rstwosix]

Are this about a Reign or Reign X? If the the bikeshop guy was talking Reign vs Big Hit - he's an idiot. Even if it was Reign X vs Big Hit I'd go with the Big Hit.

 

[rstwosix]

i am currently looking at a second hand big hit 2 (2009) on bikeexchange.com.
is there anything major to be careful of buying second hand??

I would only buy second hand if I was able to see the bike first. I'd be looking for a tight and clean bike. If I found slop in the hubs, BB, headset, shock pivot bearings or suspension leaks or scratches on the fork upper legs - I'd walk away.

 

[VTSS350]

Yer I'm doing more DH than AM. The guy at the bike shop said that anything you can do on the big hit you could do on the reign :/ so I'm not to sure at the moment but I like the big hit more.

The guy in the bike shop is wrong.

Sure the reign is a great bike (I own one) but it is not suited to DH at all.

The big hit on the other hand is suited to Downhill.

The two bikes are totally different and shouldnt even be compared.

 

[r.ayres1]

I agree with the last comment ( rstwosix ) a bike like that could really have copped a flogging! View before you purchase - and if your not bike savvy... take someone who is.

 

[Ben-ya-min]

I would only buy second hand if I was able to see the bike first. I'd be looking for a tight and clean bike. If I found slop in the hubs, BB, headset, shock pivot bearings or suspension leaks or scratches on the fork upper legs - I'd walk away.

Yer the bike (big hit) is in Manly, and i am in Sutherland (opposite side of the city) but i will defiantly go and have a look first. the guy says in the ad that it has only been used once for downhill and that was in ourabah, and that he is selling it to buy a XC bike which makes sense because he lives in manly (manly dam is pretty much all XC ridding (correct me if im wrong) it is a 2009 model so i am thinking that he has bought it riddenen it once or twice and worked out that its the wrong bike for him and it has taken him a year or so to actually sell it.

The guy in the bike shop is wrong.

Sure the reign is a great bike (I own one) but it is not suited to DH at all.

The big hit on the other hand is suited to Downhill.

The two bikes are totally different and shouldnt even be compared.

Thats what i was thinking as i was standing there looking at the 2 bikes next to each other.


oh and also when i do go took at it, basically if it looks used and as lots of shuttle scratches, on the frame or fork there is probably other hidden issues ''under the paint''??

 

[rstwosix]

All DH bikes get scratched. If it's nice and tight feeling all over and doesn't have any of the slop issues I talked about it's more than likely ok.

 

[Ben-ya-min]

All DH bikes get scratched. If it's nice and tight feeling all over and doesn't have any of the slop issues I talked about it's more than likely ok.

Thanks heaps for the help! hopefully i will go have a look at in the next few days