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For a complete bike at this money, what do you all think...?
Bike is for my brother-n-law, a total newbie, no spannering skills at all.
1) Classifieds on here?
2) [url= http://www.decathlon.co.uk/rockrider-53-2012-id_8206682.html ]Rockrider 5.3 £299?[/url]
3) [url= http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_840925_langId_-1_categoryId_165499#tab2 ]Carrera Centos reduced to £329?[/url]
He'll need a medium, wants gears, but needs something easy to maintain so maybe rigid front?
Anyone got something in the back of their shed?
total newbie - take the £300 to decathlon
How about a Merida from Merlin Cycles
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The DEcathlon and Carrera are both OK, and superb value... But still got corner cuts that do hobble them. The XCM fork's not awful but not good.
That Merida looks a bit of a bargain for a begginer 😀
Thanks all - he's ordered a custom Ti singlespeed 29er.
Only joking... he got the Merida from Merlin - with an extra 10% off - so a pretty decent starter bike for £250!
Brilliant - thanks again to the mighty STW.
Brilliant.