Beginner mtb €500-600 Budget

hal9000

Hey, just wondering if anyone has recommendations for a beginner mtb with a €500-600 budget, was looking at the carrera fury in halfords before christmas but it seems to have gone up to €710 now.

marksman9999

hey, from my expierence i'd advise you to stay away from Halfords, there stuff is not great quality and never put together properly, try your local bike shop, in this day and age they will be glad of the business and you should be able to haggle a fair bit, or have a look at the for sale/wanted section here,
Good luck.

Icyseanfitz

halfords are having a sale on their boardman range (their best bikes) this looks pretty nice, if i where you id also look at second hand as there are great bargains to be got there, go to adverts.ie, epicmtb.com, madmtb.com and post a wanted advert in their sales forum

hal9000

thanks guys, the thing is i would like to use an all for one voucher as part of paying this so im kinda limited in the places i can go, but if I should stay well away from halfords ill have to relook at the finances

petethedrummer

hal9000 wrote: »

thanks guys, the thing is i would like to use an all for one voucher as part of paying this so im kinda limited in the places i can go, but if I should stay well away from halfords ill have to relook at the finances

Boardman bikes are top quality, good value and consistently score high in reviews.

The standard of Halfords bike mechanics is patchy.

xyz123

most of the Dublin shops take one for all, not sure about Galway.

The prices of Carrera bikes regularly drop and i wouldnt be surprised if the price drops again in a few weeks. Keep an eye on their website.

Bikeradar.co.uk gives the Fury a very positive review btw.

as one poster said the Boardman bikes are on sale (on the web anyway) aso you could reserve one any pay for it with a voucher. More than good enough for a beginner.

Ah_go_on

Try get something with hydraulic brakes and a half decent fork. You might get something like a trek 4500 for that sort of budget. The Cycle Inn in Talllaght are very knowledgeable regarding MTBs so I'd recommend a trip in there.

Support your local bike shop:):):)

hal9000

Ah_go_on wrote: »

Try get something with hydraulic brakes and a half decent fork. You might get something like a trek 4500 for that sort of budget. The Cycle Inn in Talllaght are very knowledgeable regarding MTBs so I'd recommend a trip in there.

Support your local bike shop:):):)

I will happily support my local bike shop if they will happily take my all 4 one voucher
btw Tallaght aint exactly local for me! :pac:

silvo

Try Moycullen Bike Works - they have some great bikes and the guys in there are very knowledgeable about mtb.

darconio

I recently bought myself a MTB FELT q220 from them

They are solid bikes with top accessories and nice finishing.
Have a look at their website to have an idea about the price, and I think they take those vouchers as well.
I am not sure they have any branch in galway though

flipsky

hal9000 wrote: »

Hey, just wondering if anyone has recommendations for a beginner mtb with a €500-600 budget, was looking at the carrera fury in halfords before christmas but it seems to have gone up to €710 now.

This might interest you :P
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056190983

Icyseanfitz

flipsky wrote: »

This might interest you :P
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056190983

that looks like a nice hardtail, i second that you try and find more out about it

hal9000

flipsky wrote: »

This might interest you :P
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056190983

Just on that bike im 6ft would it be suitable for my size?

flipsky

hal9000 wrote: »

Just on that bike im 6ft would it be suitable for my size?

I better answer this over on the advert so as not to discuss it off thread.

2 Wheels Good

Check out the Cube range, some nice machines around that price

hal9000

thanks everyone for the advice, i ended up geting the boardman comp...well chuffed with myself :pac:

Icyseanfitz

fair play man i hope you enjoy it