Bra B Posted October 22, 2014 Share Sup guys Looking at buying my first dj bike. Been looking at the following bikes: Atomlab Trailking and Beddo Tabu. Components on both bikes are pretty much Atomlab Pimp and Pimplite. Any advice? Thanks B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
braailegend Posted October 30, 2014 Share Both of those seem like pretty sweet bikes, and atomlab rims are nice, havent ridden them myself. Are you importing from overseas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nox1111 Posted October 31, 2014 Share Are you keen on buying complete or do a part by part custom build? What's your budget? Remember that if you are importing - import tax and shipping makes quite a substantial difference to the price you see on the web. Are you set on new or would second hand do? If you want a complete bike by this weekend for example, then a complete makes sense - you pay one time and get a rideable bike from the get go. I personally would'nt go this route, I prefer picking parts for my jump machine part by part, it costs the same, maybe 15% more, but I'm not stuck with a couple of parts that I wouldn't use if they were given to me. And if you take a couple of weeks in keeping your eyes open, you could build one helluva bike with parts from The Hub's classifieds - and only bring in a frame and one or two other parts that you can't find here - and save big bucks in the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nox1111 Posted October 31, 2014 Share Both of those seem like pretty sweet bikes, and atomlab rims are nice, havent ridden them myself. Are you importing from overseas?I rode an Atomlab for a while - excellent frames, compact and bulletproof. Their bars I had problems with - bending 2 in a couple of weeks, but that was a couple of years ago - thinwall steel bars, not a good idea... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris30# Posted October 31, 2014 Share I tried that route also . Had to get a bike before the juma race . I just phoned around and found a shop or two that had jump bikes in stock. Picked up a mongoose ritual with crank brother 50/50 pedals brand new at 6500. The pedals alone where 900 bucks . You just need to shop around there are a few new bikes in shops floating around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nox1111 Posted October 31, 2014 Share http://www.gumtree.co.za/a-sports-bicycles-fitness/somerset-west/scott-voltage-dirt-jump-bike/1001202912520910058234109 you can always make this guy an offer for R4k or something - and start from there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
braailegend Posted October 31, 2014 Share Are you keen on buying complete or do a part by part custom build? What's your budget? Remember that if you are importing - import tax and shipping makes quite a substantial difference to the price you see on the web. Are you set on new or would second hand do? If you want a complete bike by this weekend for example, then a complete makes sense - you pay one time and get a rideable bike from the get go. I personally would'nt go this route, I prefer picking parts for my jump machine part by part, it costs the same, maybe 15% more, but I'm not stuck with a couple of parts that I wouldn't use if they were given to me. And if you take a couple of weeks in keeping your eyes open, you could build one helluva bike with parts from The Hub's classifieds - and only bring in a frame and one or two other parts that you can't find here - and save big bucks in the process. Agree, building custom bike the most fun and sometimes cheapest, here is link to thread when I built mine, got Dartmoor frame from Dialdbikes, Wheels (halo combat) from CRC and the BMX type parts from BMX direct. Whole setup worked out at around R7k, but had fork and few other things in garage https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/130538-looking-for-trial-bike-or-frame/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted October 31, 2014 Share There's a GT Zaskar Hans Rey for sale on the Mountainbikers do it Downhill FB page Nice versatlie frame. Can be used for street, dirt jumps, and trials. If I didn't have 2 4X/jump bikes and a trials bike, I'd snap it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
braailegend Posted October 31, 2014 Share There's a GT Zaskar Hans Rey for sale on the Mountainbikers do it Downhill FB page Nice versatlie frame. Can be used for street, dirt jumps, and trials. If I didn't have 2 4X/jump bikes and a trials bike, I'd snap it up That is a bargain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bra B Posted October 31, 2014 Share Thanks for the replies. Was going to import but then found a guy locally that can build me either the Atomlab or Beddo complete for 6k. The components seem decent enough not to not have to upgrade anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawler Posted November 4, 2014 Share Remember full bikes bought overseas are expensive to ship and taxed to the moon but if you buy in parts you get free shipping and lower taxes. Still though, building a custom NS or Blackmarket is going to cost probably 25k with todays prices. Mine was close to that a few years ago. Frame 6k, fork 8k etc. If I was buying now I would just get a specialized p3. Saw one the other day and it was super rad and was only about 15k. http://www.bikesngps.de/img/specialized-p3_70-b.jpg If you look 2nd hand you can get a great deal too. The bikes have likely taken a beating but they can take it all day long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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