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http://www.bikeexchange.com.au/bicycles/giant/mountain/boulder-2009/horsham/vic/100272303 This is good at the $400 pricepoint as alot of other brands don't have brandname components or tyres, although the fork is a no name...

Hey mate, I have a few bikes, a couple of hardtail mtb's and a fixed gear roadie. The best advice I can give is go to a few bike shops and sit on the bikes in your price range. For $500 I would steer clear of dual suspension, they components are generally too cheap to last very long, especially if it will see any time on dirt. You should be able to get a reasonable hard tail for the $500-700, I would stick with the bigger brands (Giant, Kona, Mongoose, etc) as you will have the backing and support of at least a 12 month warranty. At this level frames are much of a muchness, all fairly adequate for exercise and the occasional trail. Where they differ is in groupsets (shifters, derailleurs, brakes, etc) and forks. generally they are all a compromise but you can get some decent stuff. I have a 2008 Giant Yukon that has done about 2000 km's on all kinds of terrain, from the You Yangs to the street, and has held up fairly well. Chances are if you enjoy it you will end up upgrading the forks and groupset, so if you can find a bike with a decent frame it will be an advantage, or at least a frame that is compatible with the bikes higher up in the product line, as you will be able to match parts easier later on. Also, try to get a mountain or cross country style bike rather than a dirt jumping or park bike, they tend to look cooler but alot a single speed/or 9 speed and not very practical for the type of riding your talking about. If you need any specific advise I would be happy to help, or even pro's and con's on specific bikes you are looking at. Cheers, Daniel. Edit: After having a quick look on bike exchange this is the sort of thing I would be looking at, last years model significantly reduced, name brand group set and forks, this model yukon also has hydraulic brakes, although I would think you would be looking for a medium size frame and this runout price is for xs, s and xxl. http://www.bikeexchange.com.au/bicycles/giant/mountain/giant-yukon-mountain-bike/ivanhoe/vic/100134430 Gives you an idea, also a little outside your price range...

looking good tony! any plans to lower it?

Hi Tony, Best to upload them to a third party site (photobucket, imageshack, etc) and then copy the image url and paste it here (click the little picture icon above on the add reply tool bar and paste the link there for it to show correctly) Let us know if you need any more help with it!

Technically you were included tab!

I have the pedders XA coilovers installed in my G6ET.I have had them for around 6? weeks and I am very happy with them. They have tightened the car up considerably, improved turn in, the right height is awesome while not sacrificing comfort, you definitely know it is lowered but it is smooth and comfortable unless your hitting big bumps. I have had a few runs through the hills; and although I am far from a racecar driver; I believe the one thing you get with this suspension is confidence. I am very comfortable to power out of corners, out of round abouts, I know I can throw this into a corner and it will come out the other side, etc. You will never match the handling of a 4wd car in these boats, but coilovers will get you as far as you can go. I have never had coilovers before, and do not have any experience with XYZ or Tein, but I would get the pedders again.

I see I see, some of your tongue in cheek posts get me coz they seem serious!

Ahh didn't see that tony, reading on my phone! I didn't really pay attention to what you wrote freeze! Just remembered you saying something about running!

Nice ivan, did you still have you crossover or end up ditching it?

no worries mate! gary, add daztbo to the show list, he wants a park on the grass!

on behalf of daztbo: Looking good mate, looks very worthy of showing to me

hey mate, it will only work when logged into your live account. if you want to email me your pics I'll post them up, I pm'd you my email addres

hey mate, we are all pretty harsh critics here! tell us a bit about yourself, where your from, what your car is and what you have done to it or what you plan to do to it! :hiwelcome: oh...and

how did you go today freeze? werent you headed to calder?

hey mate, when I click the links it comes up with a login page for windows live. would be better if you stuck them up at photobucket or imageshack. I am probably gonna show my car, its daily driven and nothing special, but it will have a few unique things like gas injection and pedders xa coilovers that might make it stand out. it would be good to have you along anyway, add your name to the show list and if you want to pull out later on I'm sure someone will step in.

yeah clutz, went for a couple of quick cruises down to warrigal, but was just hanging out with a few lads from the forums talking sh*t, I will send you a pm next time we are meeting up and you can come along

I wanna see johnny's car! This thing is a weapon

Hello people I been on this site a while...yeah

Looking good ford freak, would make me look twice. Seconds what Ben said, fill that gap up with cooler!

I can't afford those prices dillz... Wait, what were we talking about? I will pm you when I get out of bed!

Sounds good, bring it down with you and MSG me when you're free

Spotted Dillz in his hard hat looking important!

Haha

Few of us out et, where are you? We are having a chat at autobarn near ikea mate

Spotted bossg6 in dandenong, is that atomicg6? Looked like the same wheels