I'm thinking of going to the north west mountain bike centre demo day on the 27th of feb but it's the first one I've ever been to and want to know how to make the most of it.
Firstly what do I need to bring? Anything else apart from regular riding kit and trail pack?
I'm thinking of buying either an orange 5, lapierre zesty or a genius, They've got all those bikes available to test but how am i supposed to tell the difference?
Cheers
John
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The Orange will be the expensive one with the crap kit on it.
The Genius will be bland.
The Zesty will be, err, zesty.
Best take your wallet, thats all they're interested in from my experience
Ride them. You'll tell the difference. I went to one (not with those guys) 5 years ago dead set on convincing myself that an Orange 5 was for me. I'm very happy with my Spesh Stumpy FSR that I bought instead on the day.
Take what you'd normally take for a short ride....and your wallet.
I'd forgotten about the spesh but i'll give that a go as well
Take your own pedals. And if you're booking in advance, leave gaps, you never really get enough time so you want to be able to make the most of it (likewise if they peg out a dull demo loop, do feel free to ignore it if you know you can do better)
Take your regular riding kit and pedals and ask for the forks shock to be set up for your weight as a minimum. Consider taking your own saddle and a trail tool to tinker with bar setting such as brakes shifters etc also consider type pressures
EDIT. Take a similar size mate so you can swap bikes during the ride
Kona TC - that's ingenious.
thanks guys for the advice
2nd what kona said, riding gear, plus passport/ pic drivers licence plus credit card.
Also a warm coat you'll at some stage be waiting for a bike to come back from a run with someone else. You'll know which one is for you after about 30 min mate less sometimes! It's a great day out I did a demo at Cannock last year rode three bikes and bought the one I liked a week later!
The little things make the biggest difference.
Tyre pressures, sag setting, compression setting, fore/aft saddle position, bar height etc etc.
You need to remember loads of things can be altererd on a bike. The things you need to see if you like need to be the bits you cant alter. Its going to be hard to ride each and split the differences.
Get the spec of the geometry of each bike first - google will give you this. Then you will know if / how different the geometry is. Most of the rest is adjustable or depended on the kit fitted.
Oh, dont forget, a nice paint job makes you ride faster as well 🙂