
If you were to look at a stats sheet, how do you REALLY differentiate between a downhill frame and an all-terrain frame? I haven't verified that, but I wouldn't be surprised. I wouldn't be surprised if some frames showed up under both categories. There are exotic looking down hill frames and exotic looking all-terrain frames.
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How to tell the difference between a downhill frame and an all-terrain frame? I realize there are sectioned out on the cambriabike website, but dang, some of them look so similar. is it really so complicated that each shock has to be custom made for each frame? After I get my frame, I should be able to take a look, and buy a freaking shock from Fox Racing or something that fits the bike right? Then I can make adjustments to its performance with it's built in features.

I think he just wanted to scare me off so I'd buy one of the show room floor. That eye-to-eye length had to match just right with compression ratios and yadda yadda yadda. Anyways, I spoke with a guy at the bike shop and he said shocks had to be specially made for each frame. You see it on front forks, but not really on rear shocks.
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I'd like to know a little bit about my shock and research it, plus I'd really like to find one that supports remote lockout.
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Get a frame with suspension shock already imbedded, or empty full suspension frame and install my own shock? I really would prefer to install my own shock so I can choose the exact one I want. Should I stay away from unknown brands or are there some frame makers out there that are great who just haven't made a name for themselves in full bike assembly. But I see alot of brands on frames that I've never heard of. What brands should I be looking for or avoiding? I'm not keen on many bike brands but I do know a few, Cannondale, Kona, Specialized, Iron Horse, Giant. There has to be other places though right? Most I saw had less than 20 frames, while cambriabike had about 1000. Where is the best place to browse a good selection of frames? After some google searching, the only place that had a respectable selection to choose from was And my god they have a ton of frames, too many for me to figure out actually. Here are some questions that have been piling up during my search for a frame.

The technology has come pretty far in 5 years, and if you are willing to put $2000 to $3000 on a bike, you can get a serious machine.

We stopped at an enormous bike shop on the way back just for fun, and I was pretty envious of what I saw there. My bike was kind of a cheapo ($700) and really could just barely handle the terrain we were riding. I haven't ridden for a few years so i had to take my bike in for a major tune up before the trip. I took my 5 year old Iron Horse full suspension out to the mountain with some friends that had recently purchased new bikes. I've recently gotten back into mountain biking.
