what mountain bike??

[doug boardley]

sod it doug, lets get a chopper :yikes: or a grifter?

ha ha, my sister used to have a chopper, with the stick gear lever in the middle of the crossbar, it was a deathtrap!!

 

[Aston]

thats the one doug!!! bleedin death trap they were lol

 

[DHTiling]

Try one of these for the whole family..:lol:

 

[hillhead]

Ed.my current bike was second hand. I have a post on here somewhere about it. The guy paid 999 quid 2 years ago then ripped it apart and rebuilt with over a grands worth of superb parts. I paid him 500 quid! Mine is a saracen zen2 custom built. Superb hardtail for me till i buy a full sus. My advice ed is buy second hand on ebay etc and pick up a bargain. If your going to do the trail centres etc then hydraulic brakes is a must in my opinion.some great deals on 09 hardtails and this years as the new 2011 bikes are in.let me know what you pick ed and ill say yes or no.ill send you a pic of my bike now.

 

[M.J.]

Try one of these for the whole family..:lol:

hahaah nice 😀

 

[Dan]

I'd guess you want a cross country style bike. Perhaps a hard tail because full suspensions that are not in the thousands will often bounce on you as you ride up hill which means you use a lot more energy than you would with a hard tail. Even with lock-out on suspension they can still bounce a bit if it's a cheap full suspension.

Got for a second hand Specialized hard tail off ebay or your local rag. Anything of them should be fine providing the size is right and it's been looked after. You should get one a couple of years old with disc brakes and decent gearing for anything between £200 - £500.

I wouldn't get anything downhill, or trials (like that Danny guy you've been watching) as they're unique to what they're used for. Trials have no free wheeling (so you can pedal backwards or use the pedals to stall or hold a wheelie rather than using the rear brake) and downhill have a single front cog like a trials but bigger, so only 6,7 or 8 gears instead of 15,18,21 or whatever which is what you'd need for general trekking around.

I'm not brilliant on makes to be honest, lost touch a fair bit, but I bet there are a bunch of similar ones to the specialized.

 

[enduro]

Got this one from Halfords...Do 30 miles most sundays on it and its great...Cost £220.00

 

[Stewart]

Specialized RockHopper for me....,,,,

 

[Aston]

well after 2 months of trawling around, finally got the 2 bikes!!

the wifes....... giant talon 2 w 2010 model £409-00p reduced from £550-00p
mine .............Marin B17 2010 model for £699-00p originally £999-00p

so slightly over budget but all in all got what i need..
cheers for al the advice on this, theres more to consider than i origionally thought!!
ed

 

[DHTiling]

well after 2 months of trawling around, finally got the 2 bikes!!

the wifes....... giant talon 2 w 2010 model £409-00p reduced from £550-00p
mine .............Marin B17 2010 model for £699-00p originally £999-00p

so slightly over budget but all in all got what i need..
cheers for al the advice on this, theres more to consider than i origionally thought!!
ed

Pics..?