Went to my local trail by myself and meet these to young dudes down there having a ride. anyways, these kids thought they were top shit. anyhoo the topic of mongoose dh bikes arose. straight up one of the kids said that they were shit little kmart bikes.... what is it with people and thinking that mongoose bikes are just not good? personally ive riden a double and found it be really nice. but just because they sell their cheap sh*t bmxs for 400 bucks it means that every bike they made is sh*t... makes me angry ay. id definetly buy a mongoose for sure... they are great bikes. and about the cracking on the frames, im pretty sure if you push a frame to its limits theres a chance its going to crack. sure they are not much compared to giant or yeti frames, but what you would expect from a 1-2 grand bike to a 5 grand bike which could be considred indestructable. Ive riden a dh1, big hit and a BDD and the BDD really stands out to me.