Mountain Bikers!

[Martz]

Getting back into cycling and looking for a decent secondhand mountain bike to replace my 22 year old MuddyFox courier. Looking at Trek, Cannondale ones that are about 5 years old. Not sure what I am after as there are so many different types, all confusing when you don't know what your after.

Anyway, I want one that is decent off road and also good for a bit of road cycling. Any suggestions? The 2 I have looked at are Cannondale M900 and Trek 3100 (I think).

Any suggestions or advice would be great!

Cheers

Martz

[jmsheahan]

On my phone so can't give an extensive reply but have you considered building a frame to your own spec? Going second hand will get you a much better collection of components than those on a ready built bike.

[mcgee9t2]

sunn do some good hardtails. i had a sun drac was a good bike. light enough to fling around on the trac, but easy enough to ride on the road too.


sunn forest jump is good too.  reasonable price aswell.


have a look on southerndownhill.com forum if your looking at second hand, have a big classfieds section, and theres lots of info on there to give you ideas of what you want.

[JC]

give you a week til its gathering dust in ya garage 

oh and PM incoming

[*tell*]

theres alot of bikes on ebay at the moment.
 I bought a on-one frame from there (steel hardtail)
and built it up.
alot off shops have deals on.
and you can make sure its the correct size.

[OakeyDoak16v]

Specialized always the best.  

[Steve_PD]

pinkbike.com for some good bargains

[rob.043]

pinkbike.com for some good bargains

that, bike radar.com, singletrack.co.uk, ebay, all good for 2nd hand stuff.

As for what to buy, get some mags, read some reviews online etc, get an idea of what sort of bike you want and what will suit your riding. Until you get into it you'll probably not be able to tell the difference between decent kit and less good stuff. Get something at the right price you like the look of, take care of it and sell it on if needed... or start building a shed for lots of bikes!

[R32UK]

Specialized always the best.  

+1

[mcgee9t2]

pinkbike.com for some good bargains

that, bike radar.com, singletrack.co.uk, ebay, all good for 2nd hand stuff.

As for what to buy, get some mags, read some reviews online etc, get an idea of what sort of bike you want and what will suit your riding. Until you get into it you'll probably not be able to tell the difference between decent kit and less good stuff. Get something at the right price you like the look of, take care of it and sell it on if needed... or start building a shed for lots of bikes!

personally ive always found southern down hill better as there is quite alot of rubbish on all those websites.