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Mountain Bike v35
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terence8
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Jul 16 2021, 01:57 PM
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Hi alll sifu, i am new in cycling, planning to get a MTB that looks good and ride good =) my budget is around 2.5k.
i saw there is this brand JAVA, apparently is italian design, china made ? ( correct me if im wrong). anyone tried this before and any feedbacks?
also what are the other brands i can look into as there is soooo many different brands available and it is very confusing.
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terence8
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Jul 16 2021, 10:46 PM
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QUOTE(pretty23 @ Jul 16 2021, 04:17 PM) First, you need to buy the bike online or at bike shop? Not every brand available in your area bike shop. So if introduce the brand that you are hard to find in your area what you gonna do? i don't mind either, but of course shop would be better as you can see and feel it. basically i leave around Subang Area, so anywhere within Selangor or KL is fine as now it is easily reachable.
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terence8
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Jul 24 2021, 04:23 PM
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QUOTE(pretty23 @ Jul 17 2021, 03:41 PM) This one may be fall in your budget. But I not sure you are aiming hard tail or soft tail.  thanks for the recommendation, may i know what model is this? for me i would be doing taman riding and occasionally to trail for some "jungle" experience, i guess hardtail is good enough right?
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terence8
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Jul 24 2021, 04:26 PM
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QUOTE(coklatua @ Jul 20 2021, 10:19 AM) With that budget can look into Polygon brand. Polygon is very well established and global brand. Made in Indonesia. Java, Camp, Comp, Alcott, Twitter all made in China and not a reputable brand. thanks! yea Polygon is a famous brand tho. other than that what else would you recommend? i saw XDS offers lots of choice too, it is from china but apparently their manufacturing facility is huge. not much of review tho.
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terence8
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Jul 24 2021, 05:39 PM
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QUOTE(pretty23 @ Jul 24 2021, 05:06 PM) Your budget fall into Giant Talon. I not sure is either model 3 or model 2 but the price seem very close. For those riding MTB final destination sure will go for full suspension. Since you already ride so many years of hard tail and willing to spend more on this sport why not give a try on soft tail? Yea, you have the point.! i have been pondering on this too. i have been riding hard tail for almost my whole life. but i just wonder is full suspension gonna feel very "bouncy" if i use it for taman ride?
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terence8
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Jul 24 2021, 05:52 PM
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QUOTE(pretty23 @ Jul 24 2021, 05:22 PM) My first time heard about the XDS brand in Malaysia around 2009 ~ 2010. Got people bring in their bike selling in here. Rm7xx~Rm9xx already got full alloy hard tail. Rm12xx already got alloy full suspension model. Until today this brand still survive because quantity they selling out are huge in china. Some more they majority do OEM business. Some of their model just paste the XDS sticker but exactly same like those famous brand one. Wonder why you want to purposely seek for this brand? Yea.! i did some research online and this brand is really huge in china. i did not purposely search for it, but i saw usj cycles carries it and they have lots of model. Honestly their design is kinda nice and the price is really reasonable, mostly below 2k. another one i think is really nice is Canyon, i like their business model and also the design. However their cheapest MTB is around 5k which is not that cheap after all. haha
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terence8
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Jul 24 2021, 08:29 PM
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QUOTE(pretty23 @ Jul 24 2021, 07:04 PM) recently I just notice RM5k can let you get a entry setting DH bike. LOL haha i guess downhill is not really common, maybe for me. the series of MTB is really confusing as they have so many range, why cant they have one that fits all.
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terence8
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Jul 25 2021, 11:11 AM
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QUOTE(skyblu3 @ Jul 25 2021, 09:56 AM) If get a reputable brand, no worries on the "old story" about full suspension bike bouncy, etc. yea, recently got poison by polygon D5, altho is out of my budget, perhaps should save money for better one rather than upgrade it soon.
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terence8
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Aug 5 2021, 11:59 PM
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QUOTE(pretty23 @ Jul 27 2021, 02:21 PM) I just go to see the detail of the spec. If really serious then don't buy D5. Minimum need go to D6. Yeah! That’s what my friend told me also. He say D5 spec really lousy owh. At least D7 for good ride
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