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"Mongoose" wrote

First and foremost Kosh…..Welcome aboard Singletracks and to the great sport of MTB’ing! Glad to have you here with us fellow MTBR’s from all walks of life in search for one common cause….."Having Fun, Fun, Fun, and even more Fun while staying healthy!"

Wow, that is so cool brother! Beautiful scenery definitely makes for a great ride. Glad to hear you guys are starting out some kind of MTB’ing program, thats absolutely great. I have been to China once to follick for fluorite crystal clusters at the Yaoquangxian mine in the remote Hunan province of China (near Chenzhou). I loved it their, and the people were very nice. Good luck brother and wishing you guys and gals great riding! 😃 😃

Yes, biking is really a nice thing, even for men who is tired of riding to work everyday in their lifes. This is the pics of a 75 mile one day trip two weeks before. some of the guys are over 40, and some were the first time ride out of town. that’s really tough for them, but no one said quit after got home, all were exciting and exhausted.

Nearby our county, is a major city, biking has started quite a few years, some yong man/woman ride all kinds of bike, even downhill, but i like our little community more, it’s none commercial, and we are all newbies.

And this is the yellow river.

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Some thing nice about internet is, you can see people far….. away.
This is in the middle of China, In our county, Biking was just started. we have a very little community on the net, ride twice a week.

Yes, the money limits us form buying fancy bikes and running really tough trail, but see, get out the polluted cities, we have beautiful landscape too. 😀

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"vincimus" wrote

Welcome friend. Either bike will serve you well, because even if they are "only"500-600 dollar bikes, they are from established brands. Given the choice I would choose the Cannondale, for purely emotional reasons. About 10 years ago I rode a Cannondale and out of all the MTB’s I have owned (about 6), that is the one I would like to have back. Giants, on the other hand, when they first came out was discovered to have been made by Chinese prison labor (slave labor, as they received no money). Maybe Giant has changed their ways, maybe not, but either way Cannondales are a mythic brand. Every MTB’er should own at least one, once in their riding life. That’s my 2 cents worth of advice, take it or leave it but always remember that MTB’ing is all about the fun, not politics.

Attack life! It’s going to kill you anyway.

Thank you for the considering, I’m Chinese, and something i want to say is the most bike you can buy in your LBS may not made in china, but taiwan. the Giant KUNSHAN(in Shang Hai) bike factory seems only build low end bikes, and it’s mostly sold in mainland china, i have one, called ATX,not xtc, SO, don’t be guilty of buying a chinese bike. and by the way, the workers at mainland chinese bike factory may paid more than me, that’s true. because the most low-end level people is not the workers making high value exporting stuffs, it’s the vast of folk who support their life at a very low cost, so their labor can be so cheap.

just enjoy your bike!

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