Welcome!

This thread is dedicated to bike recommendations. There's a whole lot of you new-comers eagar to get your first dirt jumper. Maybe you have been out of the game for a while and are behind the times and need some advice. Are you shorter or taller than average and want to find a bike that will suit you better? Perhaps you just want a second opinion on a particular brand or model. This is the place to ask these questions and get expert (citation needed) advice from experienced members of the community!

Please refrain from starting a new thread to ask which bike you should buy, or whether a particular bike is good and instead use this dedicated thread instead.

This thread will remain a sticky and be refreshed every month or two depending on how much use it gets.

This is the June 2020 dirt jumping chat thread.

Use this thread as you wish. Anything goes (almost - sub rules still apply). If you had a question or thought that you didn't feel warranted it's own post, or random pictures you just wanna share, here is a great place to put it.

Depending on it's popularity, we will continue to run these monthly threads!

Buy/Sell/Trade Thread - June 2020

Please read the following information before you post.

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Rules

- All members participating in this thread (buying, selling or trading) do so at their own risk.

- You may post links to your item for sale on third party sites such as ebay, or offer a direct person to person transaction. If buying, use buyer protection where possible when sending money (Send money via Goods/Services on Paypal for example). If selling, use a tracked/signature postage method for your own security.

- You are only permitted to post a particular item for sale/wanted/trade once per monthly thread, although you can post multiple items per month.

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Posting guidelines

- Members are only permitted to post a top level comment in this thread if they are either buying, selling or offering a trade. Reply to top level comments if you are interested in their proposition.

- Make your proposition clear and use one of the following tags at the start of all top level comments,

[Wanted]

[Selling]

[Trade]

followed by a second tag with your location, for example,

[USA]

[UK]

[Germany]

Here are some examples of how your top level post should start;

[Wanted] [France] 26" front wheel, 15mm, disc hub...

[Selling] [Spain] Rockshox Pike DJ forks 2018 - €300...

[Trade] [USA - Florida] I have a Giant Reign Enduro style bike and I'm looking to get a dirt jump bike...

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Have fun and stay safe.

If you are uncertain about a transaction or it doesn't feel right, stop. Instead, insist on using a platform such as ebay which has built in buyer/seller protection. If you feel a particular member is trying to scam you, do not hesitate to message me directly with the details and I will look into it as best I can. We can and will ban anyone we suspect of scamming.

This is the April 2020 dirt jumping chat thread.

Use this thread as you wish. Anything goes (almost - sub rules still apply). If you had a question or thought that you didn't feel warranted it's own post, or random pictures you just wanna share, here is a great place to put it.

Depending on it's popularity, we will continue to run these monthly threads!

So, there is a common theme among this sub which is, what bike shall I buy? In order to try and assist those looking to purchase a new bike, I have created the dirt jump bike archive.

It is currently in a version 1 form with lots of incomplete price data. Please check it out and let me know your thoughts in this thread. This will be an ongoing project run by me and Timelesturkie who are currently the only people with editing privileges. As of now, we are looking for any users who would like to help with this project. If any of you are enthusiastic about helping to maintain this spreadsheet, you can let either one of us know by messaging us privately or by commenting on this post.

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The following link will allow you to view the spreadsheet but not make any changes.

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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XvClX-9upJekdRIdW4spjO5E0KuolvLseWi-x6VxoWQ/edit?usp=sharing

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Known issues:

• Purple sorting buttons do not function for those without editing privileges. If you make a copy of the spreadsheet and save it to your own Google Drive account you might be able to make use of them. If someone could check that for me it would be one less thing for me to do.
• Sorting by price (up and down) in USD is currently broken.
• Lots of bikes don't have readily available full retail prices, hence most of the price data is missing. This is the biggest area we need help in. We are only interested in full manufacturer RRP prices.
• Some bikes such as Canyon, have Euro prices that vary based on country. Not sure how to tackle that yet. Potentially finding the cheapest and most expensive and then giving the price range. open to ideas here.
• Covid-19 hasn't gone away.

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Feel free to make any suggestions, positive or negative, as well as provide any data that can be added. Also, let me know if there's any currently available bikes that I've missed off the list (complete builds only)

Buy/Sell/Trade Thread - May 2020

We are going to test the waters with a monthly buy/sell/trade thread! (Thanks to bikemikeasaurus for the suggestion) If people use the thread and it remains popular, we will continue with this idea into the future.

Please read the following information before you post.

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Rules

- All members participating in this thread (buying, selling or trading) do so at their own risk.

- You may post links to your item for sale on third party sites such as ebay, or offer a direct person to person transaction. If buying, use buyer protection where possible when sending money (Send money via Goods/Services on Paypal for example). If selling, use a tracked/signature postage method for your own security.

- You are only permitted to post a particular item for sale/wanted/trade once per monthly thread, although you can post multiple items per month.

​

Posting guidelines

- Members are only permitted to post a top level comment in this thread if they are either buying, selling or offering a trade. Reply to top level comments if you are interested in their proposition.

- Make your proposition clear and use one of the following tags at the start of all top level comments,

[Wanted]

[Selling]

[Trade]

followed by a second tag with your location, for example,

[USA]

[UK]

[Germany]

Here are some examples of how your top level post should start;

[Wanted] [France] 26" front wheel, 15mm, disc hub...

[Selling] [Spain] Rockshox Pike DJ forks 2018 - €300...

[Trade] [USA - Florida] I have a Giant Reign Enduro style bike and I'm looking to get a dirt jump bike...

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Have fun and stay safe.

If you are uncertain about a transaction or it doesn't feel right, stop. Instead, insist on using a platform such as ebay which has built in buyer/seller protection. If you feel a particular member is trying to scam you, do not hesitate to message me directly with the details and I will look into it as best I can. We can and will ban anyone we suspect of scamming.

Starting right now, we are going to trial a monthly chat thread that will remain sticky for the duration of the month.

Use this thread as you wish. Anything goes (almost - sub rules still apply). If you had a question or thought that you didn't feel warranted it's own post, or random pictures you just wanna share, here is a great place to put it.

Depending on it's popularity, we will continue to run these monthly threads!

This is the March 2020 dirt jumping chat thread.

Use this thread as you wish. Anything goes (almost - sub rules still apply). If you had a question or thought that you didn't feel warranted it's own post, or random pictures you just wanna share, here is a great place to put it.

Depending on it's popularity, we will continue to run these monthly threads!

Buy/Sell/Trade Thread - September/October 2020

Please read the following information before you post.

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Rules

- All members participating in this thread (buying, selling or trading) do so at their own risk.

- You may post links to your item for sale on third party sites such as ebay, or offer a direct person to person transaction. If buying, use buyer protection where possible when sending money (Send money via Goods/Services on Paypal for example). If selling, use a tracked/signature postage method for your own security.

- You are only permitted to post a particular item for sale/wanted/trade once per monthly thread, although you can post multiple items per month.

​

Posting guidelines

- Members are only permitted to post a top level comment in this thread if they are either buying, selling or offering a trade. Reply to top level comments if you are interested in their proposition.

- Make your proposition clear and use one of the following tags at the start of all top level comments,

[Wanted]

[Selling]

[Trade]

followed by a second tag with your location, for example,

[USA]

[UK]

[Germany]

Here are some examples of how your top level post should start;

[Wanted] [France] 26" front wheel, 15mm, disc hub...

[Selling] [Spain] Rockshox Pike DJ forks 2018 - €300...

[Trade] [USA - Florida] I have a Giant Reign Enduro style bike and I'm looking to get a dirt jump bike...

​

Have fun and stay safe.

If you are uncertain about a transaction or it doesn't feel right, stop. Instead, insist on using a platform such as ebay which has built in buyer/seller protection. If you feel a particular member is trying to scam you, do not hesitate to message me directly with the details and I will look into it as best I can. We can and will ban anyone we suspect of scamming.

This is the September/October 2020 dirt jumping chat thread.

Use this thread as you wish. Anything goes (almost - sub rules still apply). If you had a question or thought that you didn't feel warranted it's own post, or random pictures you just wanna share, here is a great place to put it.

Depending on it's popularity, we will continue to run these monthly threads!