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It's been over a decade since I shopped for a Mt. bike; I've learned to use what I've got for Mt. biking that I do, not keeping up with the latest & greatest that the industry have to offer. Still riding my 26" wheel mt. bikes, most of them full suspended.
If you're shopping around $500 budget, probably stick with the big name companies (TREK, Specialized, Giant, etc) to get better value for new bikes. But with Trump tariffs, cost of bikes are likely to go (significantly) up soon.
Used bike market are good if you know what to look for and have some knowledge about basic bike mechanics to determine how much abuse a bike has been through.
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