I remember him , but berry has a rocket leg . <| sep |> The Rockhoppers are extremely expensive for the specifications . $ 1800 and you only get a Rock Shox 30 , 2 x 10 and no dropper ? Compared to what you can get from other brands it ' s really poor value . The Norco Charger 9 . 2 is just about half the price $ 949 of the Pro and has a spec that ' s close in quality , actually better in one respect as it has TRS rims and the Rockhopper doesn ' t . If you ' d rather have a stiffer fork at the cost of a little weight the fork is better on the Norco too . Then the Charger 9 . 1 has better spec than the Pro all round for $ 500 less , 1 x 11 instead of 2 x 10 and Recon Gold fork with through axle instead of 30 gold . countrycharger 7 charger 91 For me that ' s a much better bike even if it was the same price as the Rockhopper Pro , let alone for hundreds of dollars less . The X Caliber 8 is a bit better than the Rockhoppers but it ' s still pretty poor value compared to other brands the 9 . 2 Charger is very similar spec to the Xcal 9 . At this kind of budget the brand really doesn ' t matter for how good the bike is , Trek and especially Specialized you ' re paying a premium for the name they are not good value compared to other brands , especially as some others like Norco and Giant dropped their prices for ' 17 .