1st bike 4 beech

[stackout]

With Beech opening up more regularly, I'm thinking about getting a bike. Here is the deal: I'm an XC dweeb in my late 30s and I don't have much budget. My initial thought was to get a slack hardtail. However, I'm saving up for a 5-6" 29r to replace my Titus Racer X for Wilson's trips, but I was not sure if thatll be much fun or durable on lift accessed terrain. Since I'm budget shopping, where should I focus spending? Brakes? Does the drivetrain even matter?

[bizutch]

SX Trail.

[stackout]

SX Trail.

Um, $3,500 is not exactly cheap.

[clealan]

http://asheville.craigslist.org/bik/2958158298.html

[Sugar_brad]

You can pick up older sx trail frames pretty cheap.

[mbrennan]

Used used used... I just picked up a used v10 carbon loaded shipped to me for 3k

[bizutch]

Clealan has a point. That's fast Eddie's DH bike. It's not for sale b/c it's been beaten on. He bought it off Jeremy R in fantastic shape, but he's hurt himself 3 times on it since and is in his late 40's. Wife and he decided he should hang it up.

That bike is a STEAL!.

[clealan]

If your budget is really tight, my brother has a Brodie Damien (180 mm front and rear) with a nice parts spec for $600. Be hard to get cheaper than that.

[profro]

F' that 29er and get a solid 6" bike i.e. Enduro, ReignX, Nomad, etc. and do it all on one bike.

I have one 6" bike with 2 wheelsets. One light tubeless setup for XC and one with DH tires. Pretty darn good setup.

[MTB_Rob_NC]

I would suggest finding a used DH bike. You can usually find them for pretty cheap, then just buy parts as you break them. I bought very familiar to a few people on here used 06 Demo 8 a few years ago for cheap and the only thing I have had to do to it since was replace tires and brake pads.

[milohead]

F' that 29er and get a solid KTM 350
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This is what you meant to say right?

[Mulestar]

Choose wisely and your 29er should be just fine for everything. Transition bandit, yeti sb95, stumpy evo, etc look like fun to me. Tires are most important by far. 8 inch front rotor is nice, chainguide is nice. These are all things I would be running on a bike for wilson creek anyway...

If you're on a budget, buying a DH bike in NC is just stupid any way you look at it.

[jet]

Clealan has a point. That's fast Eddie's DH bike. It's not for sale b/c it's been beaten on. He bought it off Jeremy R in fantastic shape, but he's hurt himself 3 times on it since and is in his late 40's. Wife and he decided he should hang it up.

That bike is a STEAL!.

The bike has been beaten on or the rider? Im interested in it.

[motobutane]

That is a good looking bike....

[Jeremy R]

I bet you can still smell my balls on the seat if you sniff hard enough.
That should be listed as a feature!!

Yeah, I gotta agree with some of the others. I would just build one kick ass 6 inch trail bike.
That bike should be fine for just riding Beech's am course, and the next trail they are building there is supposed to be a easier flow type trail.