was going to say P7, but 4 people got there first.
I'll explain how this works. You're new to MTB, welcome, its grim out there. You want to buy a new bike, good times, this is like heroin. It feels so good at first, so you'll keep buying more and more gear that you probably don't need trying to catch that high again, but you never will. You'll stop riding and spend all your time on here reading and writing about riding. Then one sunny day you'll go for a ride on some rubbish local trails having just replaced your rusty chain or flat tyre and the buzz will come back, you'll feel it in your bones and it will be amazing, you'll then justify spending more and more money and talking more and more about bikes on here.
Or is it just me?
Orange P7 is a great bike and would be brilliant for someone starting out. It is a bit on the heavy side compared to alu bikes but you can't really feel it out on the trail. I'm undecided about the fork, its ok, but not as nice as my old All mountain SL's.. but I do like the lock out. Everything else on the S model is adequate, certainly no complaints. Nothing will "need" changing straight away and it should be a really enjoyable ride. Also, you can take all the gears off and run it as a singlespeed for greater forum respect.
