As some of you may remember, my mountain bike was stolen from my garage a while back. I'm in the market for a replacement. I'd like a ~21" frame but I really don't know much about bike shopping. It would be amazing if somebody who knows components would do some bike shopping with me...so I feel less likely to end up with buyer's remorse. I'm 6' 5" and 250Lb so it's gotta be strong.
I was leaning toward starting with REI because I love their lifetime guarantee on anything you buy there. If you brake it, they replace it. They also give you a free tune up after you put some miles on the bike.
My buddy who's into bikes but lives in the Bay Area looked through their website and said:
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http://www.rei.com/product/809903
Searching though the flea market for quality is what that felt like.....the best value I could find was this Scott, but the rims under any offroad use are goin to be an issue, for getting around this one should be OK....My takeoff parts from my scott voltage would fit just fine so I'll send you stuff that will be upgrades from whats on the stock bike....BTW GT, Mongoose, and Novara are all Chinese junk since all those brands got bought by Pacific at least Scott is a euro owned brand.
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Thanks for any help you can offer. My budget is flexible. I could go as high as $800 for the right deal, but less is better as long as it's dependable and high performance (light, good shock travel, etc).