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  1. Hi Everyone,
    The last MTB I purchased was a Diamond Back back in 1995 for $1300.
    I have decided to update to a full suspension MTB.
    Could anybody make any recommendations to brand and model?
    I mainly ride fire trails or designated tracks here in Southern Tasmania.
    Would prefer to spend less than $2000, if possible.
    All responses will be appreciated.

  2. Have a look at the Giant NRS series. Excellent value for money with out compromising on design. The
    NRS system works and works well. I have plenty of reviews on them but at the moment no working
    scanner 🙁

    AJS

    "tasdigi" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Hi Everyone, The last MTB I purchased was a Diamond Back back in 1995 for $1300. I have decided to
    update to a full suspension MTB. Could anybody make any recommendations to brand and model? I
    mainly ride fire trails or designated tracks here in Southern Tasmania. Would prefer to spend less
    than $2000, if possible. All responses will be appreciated.

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  3. The only prob with these bikes is that the rear suspension locks up under braking and the become
    like an hardtail. That is prbably why xc guys like them. Other than that they are a good value
    xc dualie.

    A - J - S said:


    Have a look at the Giant NRS series. Excellent value for money with out compromising on design.
    The NRS system works and works well. I have plenty of reviews on them but at the moment no working
    scanner 🙁

    AJS

    "tasdigi" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    Hi Everyone, The last MTB I purchased was a Diamond Back back in 1995 for $1300. I have decided
    to update to a full suspension MTB. Could anybody make any recommendations to brand and model? I
    mainly ride fire trails or designated tracks here in Southern Tasmania. Would prefer to spend
    less than $2000, if possible. All responses will be appreciated.

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  4. They do what they are designed to do. You can also tweak the suspension behaviour to a large degree.

    giant-bicycles.com050.010.000.asp .000

    AJS

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    The only prob with these bikes is that the rear suspension locks up under braking and the become
    like an hardtail. That is prbably why xc guys like them. Other than that they are a good value
    xc dualie.

    A - J - S said:


    Have a look at the Giant NRS series. Excellent value for money with out compromising on design.
    The NRS system works and works well. I have plenty of reviews on them


    but at

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    Quoted message said:

    the moment no working scanner 🙁

    AJS

    "tasdigi" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    Hi Everyone, The last MTB I purchased was a Diamond Back back in 1995 for $1300. I have
    decided to update to a full suspension MTB. Could anybody make any recommendations to brand
    and model? I mainly ride


    fire

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    trails or designated tracks here in Southern Tasmania. Would prefer to spend less than $2000,
    if possible. All responses will be appreciated.

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  5. frame testing. efbe.deetour109.htm

    "tasdigi" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Hi Everyone, The last MTB I purchased was a Diamond Back back in 1995 for $1300. I have decided to
    update to a full suspension MTB. Could anybody make any recommendations to brand and model? I
    mainly ride fire trails or designated tracks here in Southern Tasmania. Would prefer to spend less
    than $2000, if possible. All responses will be appreciated.

    --

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  6. frame testing. efbe.deetour109.htm

    "A - J - S" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Have a look at the Giant NRS series. Excellent value for money with out compromising on design.
    The NRS system works and works well. I have plenty of reviews on them but


    at

    Quoted message said:

    the moment no working scanner 🙁

    AJS

    "tasdigi" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Hi Everyone, The last MTB I purchased was a Diamond Back back in 1995 for $1300. I have decided
    to update to a full suspension MTB. Could anybody make any recommendations to brand and model? I
    mainly ride fire trails or designated tracks here in Southern Tasmania. Would prefer to spend
    less than $2000, if possible. All responses will be appreciated.

    --

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  7. Thank you to everybody that responded to my enquiry.
    I will be purchasing a NRS 1 with XT components.

  8. Quoted post said:

    Originally posted by tasdigi
    Thank you to everybody that responded to my enquiry.
    I will be purchasing a NRS 1 with XT components.

    That should read NRS 3 not NRS 1 .

  9. "Mica" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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    frame testing. efbe.deetour109.htm

    If you can make any sense of the bastardised 'Gerglish' used in this article then good luck to you.
    Don't know what the relevance of it is anyhow. They were not testing full suspension frames at all
    (the test they seem to focus on is irrelevant to FS frames) and the bikes they did test are mostly
    never heard of in Australia.

    The post is a waste of space. Stop nagging the newsgroup.

    Cheers Peter

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