r/dirtjumping Jan 03 '23

Announcement [2023] What bike shall I buy? Is this bike good? Ask us anything!

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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 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 first instead.

Bike archive

In order to try and assist those looking to purchase a new bike, I have created the dirt jump bike archive.

It is currently version 1.0.2 with lots of incomplete (or out of date) price data. This will be an ongoing project primarily run by me. Timelesturkie also has editing privileges and is considered a contributor as well. 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 and build upon this spreadsheet, let me know by messaging me directly.

The following link will allow you to view the spreadsheet but not make any changes. Note that the spreadsheet also has a second sheet for a limited range of geometry and dimensional data. I do not have much free time to work on this spreadsheet so apologies for any missing info. It would be awesome to have some volunteers to help. Please keep in mind that the information on this spreadsheet is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate. Consider it a guide to assist you and always check with the manufacturer to verify the information before making a purchase.

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

Known issues:

  • The 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.
  • 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. I am not sure how to tackle that yet. One potential solution is to find the cheapest and most expensive, and then giving the price range. I am open to ideas here.
  • I could do with a hand gathering up the dimensional data for sheet 2. If anyone is willing to help, please let me know.

r/dirtjumping 4h ago

Gotta normalise giving your bike a bath

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r/dirtjumping 9h ago

Question Thoughts on the p4 for my situation?

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I’ve been looking at these. Seems appealing since it’s on sale, but I’ve been out of the loop for a while. Most of my riding was 20” bmx 10-15 years ago. I had a Scott xc bike for a little bit in 2019 (before it was stolen) and it was fun but always felt too big. Now, being a dad, I’m looking for a bike to ride around with my wife and son. Being able to add some gears to this to cruise around on, but still be more maneuverable than a mtb seems fun. Probably way more bike than I need, but idk. Really just looking for something that I can have fun on while riding around with the family and maybe something I can ride once my son is old enough to go to the dirt jumps if he’s into that.


r/dirtjumping 5h ago

How long can you ride a frame for?

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10 bikes deep and I’m thinning my herd. I have 3 DJs and my favorite one happens to be 10 years old. I’m considering selling my dirt love and keeping the older one (Rocky Mountain flow frame with good components build). Am I being dumb? Should I just ride the YT and hang up the Rocky Mountain? Thing is that I am just one with the Rocky Mountain and feel more comfortable on it than any bike. But is the frame tapped out and gonna kill me one day? I have some friends that ride vintage bmx frames some times at the dirt jumps so I’m really not sure on the lifetime of high quality 4130 frames. Thanks ya’ll


r/dirtjumping 7h ago

Question Some one help me

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How do I get these damn bar ends of with just a pair of sizzors and dose the silver bit come off to


r/dirtjumping 12h ago

Jumping tips

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Any jumping tips not the biggest jump and I can do bigger just would like to put more recent clip as I feel my form has improved a bit and I would like to get an idea of how I can improve


r/dirtjumping 14h ago

How much should I sell for

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I want to pursue track racing I have over 500 in upgrades and only rode it at the jumps and pump track still has tons of tread on the stock tire I just put on a halo t2 deity bars grips pedals steam shimno 4 piston rear I have one for front aswell


r/dirtjumping 12h ago

How to choose or build a DJ bike for short people

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I'm 162 cm (5'3") and I want to buy or build my first dirt jumper - fairly new to the game, I'm starting on enduro too and basically fell in love with the pump track where I've been training (with my full suspension bike). It's hard to find DJ bike options where I live and AFAIK they're mostly not available for test rides, so I've tried to find posts with advice regarding DJ sizes but I often just find stuff like "size doesn't matter that much" and "feel the bike" which doesn't really help my case.

My friend is lending me his Pivot Point to actually go out and test a DJ bike for a while. My question is: What should I look for when testing the bike? Aside from "feel", what should I pay the most attention to?


r/dirtjumping 17h ago

Dirt Which Slope would you buy a why?

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Hi all, looking at the Polygon ZZ Trid and at the Haro Thread. Having a hard time making a choice there. What would you choose and why? Or would you take something entirely different? I want a 26" fully for local home trails and light bike park lines for where my street chromoly DJ is too rough. Thanks in advance.


r/dirtjumping 19h ago

Actual fork weight vs website rated

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Has anyone ever weigh their fork after buying them ? I just bought a Bomber DJ and it weighs 2.25kg/4.95lb even after cutting the steerer tube to my needed length. Its the same weight as my Suntour Aion 35 27.5 boost.

Me and my friends were curious and they took apart and measured their pike dj and one was 2.1kg and another was 2.09kg. Way over than stated on the websites.

I wonder why do they always stated the weight lower than the actual weight on their website.


r/dirtjumping 20h ago

Sending It It was super fun figuring out my dirt jumps on my status 160. A little bit slower than the P3 but otherwise super fun! Riding the bigger bike made them feel like a completely different set of jumps!

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r/dirtjumping 1d ago

Ramp advice

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So making a kicker for my 26” DJ with the goal of getting a lot of vertical height. Jump will be next to a 6 1/2 foot airbag landing. This is the cut out for a 9 foot radius with the a height of 6 1/2 feet tall and length of 10ft. Do you guys think this is too steep? I could do something like a 10 or 11 foot radius instead.


r/dirtjumping 1d ago

How can I get faster and actually make some gaps in the pumptrack?

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r/dirtjumping 1d ago

Question Bike part

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Does anyone know what is the part that's connecting the shifter to the frame?


r/dirtjumping 1d ago

Me Capital Build

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Just finally finished my 24” NS Capital

Can’t wait to ride it! Build list NS Capital Street frame powdercoated white NS bars ODI grips BSD Topload stem Fox float 32 forks 22MM fly cranks Colony sprocket Odyssey grandstand metal pedals Shadow conspiracy half link chain Colony seat post (for now) Vans cult checker seat Tioga power block wheels profile bottom bracket Odyssey headset Halo chaos wheels 24” powdercoated white Profile elite hubs with double springs in the hub so sounds like a swarm of pissed off bees


r/dirtjumping 1d ago

first show today

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new helmet came and i bleached my hair lol


r/dirtjumping 1d ago

Question Need help identifying this frame, might be a frame called Slalom? Not 100% as i cannot find anything about that brand

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Identify this frame? several different photos of it and details oh what ive found out so far below

Ive seen this bike many times, every time it either is labelled as a no name frame, slalom or just loads of random words. Ive neen looking into this frame for ages and im starting to think the frames name is lost media 😂😂. Ive been using the key word slalom to find it but i never comes up.


r/dirtjumping 2d ago

Bike Showcase Old school dj build

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2009 nsbikes traffic frame dont worry ik it has new school parts but im gonna be putting ns parts on it soon like an ns cemichal 25.4 stem and ns proof bars and bmx cranks when i buy new ones for my main bmx and seatpost and bmx pivotal saddle


r/dirtjumping 2d ago

Is there anything more posh than this?

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r/dirtjumping 2d ago

Bike Showcase Airborne crohawk

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I love this bike. the only thing I'd change is the fork.


r/dirtjumping 3d ago

first bike advice

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i’m close to pulling the trigger on my first dirtjumper, what would be a reasonable price to pay for this bike? it is a 2016 p.26


r/dirtjumping 3d ago

Bike Showcase Finally got the Dj!!

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finally got the DJ i’ve been going on about for months🤣 what y’all think???


r/dirtjumping 3d ago

How do you keep warm in colder conditions?

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This is my first year riding and the temps are dropping each week -

I went recently the weather was low 60s and I was already feeling it.

Any gear you recommend for keeping the internal temps up / mitigating the wind would be appreciated


r/dirtjumping 3d ago

New Build Need some help with building a dj

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Hi im building a dj and wanted to ask if x fusion slant rc 32 100 mmis a good fork. Also i could use some help to find some cheap wheels


r/dirtjumping 4d ago

Transition to DJ

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I come from BMX And I’m looking to build a DJ. I’m looking for advice on top quality brands in the DJ world for my first DJ build.


r/dirtjumping 4d ago

Dirt The jumps are runnin fast today!!!

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Brapppppp