It took me years to save up the funds from coaching and freelance work (and I sold three bikes from our family's stable to get the rest) but I spent $3200 on an aluminum full-suspension bike that has served me quite well on trails all over the place.
To simply have fun, you don't need carbon and you don't need Eagle. You just need something that's safe, reliable and works reasonably well.
Nov. 8, 2017, 12:26 p.m. - Geof Harries
It took me years to save up the funds from coaching and freelance work (and I sold three bikes from our family's stable to get the rest) but I spent $3200 on an aluminum full-suspension bike that has served me quite well on trails all over the place. To simply have fun, you don't need carbon and you don't need Eagle. You just need something that's safe, reliable and works reasonably well.