Cycling & Mountain Biking

» hughtaylor - Does your Bike Fit

Thanks for this information Jon.
I'm looking at buying a new mountain bike and this will help me make a decision.
I just do a little off road cycling and am not into serious down hill stuff. Also I don't want to spend a lot of money. Are there any cheap bikes you would recommend?

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» JonS101 - Does your Bike Fit

In response to Does your Bike Fit posted by hughtaylor:
Good question and suggests a subject for an article or two on the site soon.
It's also a tough question because there are hundreds of mountain bikes out there, and hundreds more that look like mountain bikes but aren't really.
In the end it depends what you want to do - most bikes except for pure road racers wiill cope with easy forest tracks and that sort of thing, but on anything tougher a lot of the cheapo bikes will give up the ghost pretty quickly.
The best advice is probably either to go to a reputable bike shop and spell out your requirements or to go to one of the big online bike merchants and look at entry-level mountain bikes. In the UK where you are these would be sites like wiggle.co.uk, edinburgh-bicycle.co.uk or evanscycles.com
As the 2007 bikes are now arriving, there are often bargains to be had in 2006 ranges. You'll be looking at hardtails (front suspension only) and you shouldn't expect disc brakes either.

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» hughtaylor - Does your Bike Fit

In response to Does your Bike Fit posted by JonS101:

Thanks Jon. I'll try edinburgh-bicycle.co.uk I've bought gear from them in the past when I lived in Edinburgh and found that everyone in the shop was a bike expert. It's a cooperative and everyone who works there has a share in the business.

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