>>1248422>The bike snob in me is saying no, but we all have to start somewhere don't we. Getting the latests year model is seldom worth it when you're on a budget though.I agree with you that the latest year (2019 in store) is too expensive but the best thing to do is to get 2018 and 2017 models of new bikes.
People who have experience forget how many used bikes are just dweebs trying to pass off badly assembled or bent or crashed bikes onto John Q Public.
Giant is the biggest bike maker in the entire world. In this case he's better off buying the eqivalent of a new honda civic.
And I know $750 gas shocks are the tits but any of the recent Suntour XC shocks with 100 mm travel are pretty damn good and the XCT is the beefiest of the spring coils. They perform way better than a fixed and if he breaks them they are $200 and he can always upgrade.
I contend that MTBs are like Jeeps. You want to buy them new and fuck her yourself because you never know what the last guy did to it.
Road bikes are maintained by meticulous types who keep them in prime condition. MTBs are by their nature ridden hard and put away wet.
OP Talon bro, you should also ride Fuji Nevada. For the same price point you can check out which one you like better. And like the talon they have 600 dollar models upwards.
