What is a good dirt/jump bike?

What make a good mountain bike good? What do I need to look for?

• I have no idea know what to look for when choosing a good mountain bike. Im from Houston so no mountains :), but have some decent trails. I know there are so many options now a days ...show more

• Answer:

  it seems no one has answered this correctly. size of suspension dosent count as you may want a good quality short travel bike. or wieght might no matter you might want a heavier stonger bike. the things to look out for are: suspension brands and models. the gears and deraileur on the bike. the crank model and brand a strong well reputation with the frame. good quality hubs. disc brakes. alot of how good a bike is, is not what parts it has but the quality of those parts, look at the quality of the parts and see if they are worth it. to look out for bike brands look at: santa cruz specialized giant cannondale mongoose-for DH norco yeti for component brands look at: marzocchi-suspension fox-suspension sram-gears shimano-gears TruVativ-cranks funn-stems,handle bars, pedals crankbrothers-pedals ariel-hubs mavic-rims best thing to do is get a list of all the part on the bike and look at the makers website and then compare to other parts, also if you get a list of the parts on yahoo mabey we can help more directly. cheers hope this helps=]