Hi to the mt bike girls here...I finally ordered a mt bike today.I'm getting a 13 inch '08 specialized Myka Elite (hardtail) it may be a bit more bike than I'll ever need, but I hope it's an ok bike - it was on sale, since it's an '08. I road a 13 inch Specialized '09 Myka and it felt fine. I'll mostly be honing my bike skills for road and 'cross, and playing with my girl friends in the dirt! I may get out on some local trails too. I've been paying attention to your posts trying to pick up the basics. My main priority -DO NOT GET POISON OAK
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01-07-2009, 08:13 PM #1
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I'm getting a mt bike!
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01-07-2009, 08:36 PM #2
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hey
YAY!!!
Just ride & ride & ride is all i say..Have fun in the dirt!
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01-08-2009, 05:07 AM #3
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Yippee! I have a Scott Hardtail I found on Craigslist and it is a great starter. Someone told me you should start on a HT to really learn the skills needed. I don't know but I am finding the learning curve awfully steep but FUN!
Amanda
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01-26-2009, 01:43 PM #4
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Congrats!
I liked Elite a lot,too. And butterflies on the bike look just nice!
I bought Myka Comp thou - there was no good deals on Elite, so I've decided to save some money....
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01-26-2009, 06:20 PM #5
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Yay! Have fun! I started on a hardtail myself, but our terrain has a lot of technical areas (rocks rocks rocks) where my full-sus is much appreciated. I just lock out the suspension when I'm climbing.
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02-08-2009, 10:26 PM #6
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Tokie, I'm so happy for you. I am debating selling the old Bianchi to get a MTB so the BF will drag me around to his MTB trails.
Tell me how it goes! I'm scared of falling so so much...
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02-09-2009, 05:11 AM #7
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Fidl- My husband is an avid and improving technically mountain biker but happy to take me on the easy trails. I don't think anyone can be a slower learner than me and I bruise so easy that even if I don't fall I get a bruise. BUT I love mountain biking. A hardtail will be less expensive and plenty for the easier trails and you can have a lot of fun on those. I don't know the DFW trails but I know our area has plenty of easy to intermediate trails to go with the crazy technical stuff I won't try. You should try it!
Amanda
2011 Specialized Epic Comp 29er | Specialized Phenom | "Marie Laveau"
2007 Cannondale Synapse Carbon Road | Selle Italia Lady Gel Flow | "Miranda"
You don't have to be great to get started, but you do have to get started to be great. -Lee J. Colan
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