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Advice for taking up MTB

  • 06-08-2011 4:33pm
    #1
    gonko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 229 ✭✭


    Hi guys I usede to love cycling about the place thru my teens and stuff and recently dusted off the bike and got some parts repaired etc. I am now 25 and want to get into it for days out sake and fitness too plus love the idea of going over uneven surfaces to add to the fun.

    Anyway the bike I currently have is a Dawes xtreme-pro version 6.0. It has front and rear suspension, 24 speed grip-shift and aluminum frame with V-brakes and 26X2.1 maxxis tyres. I have this since about 2002-2003. My question is, is this enough for mountain trails. I hear some guys reccomend the hardtail options while some say the rear suspension is good.

    I was recently looking around eurocycles and so on and seen bikes for 700euro-3000euro. I think mine was around 700-800 when i got it.
    Questions
    1. What would these newer bikes give me that my current one will not.
    2. Is my current one good or would it need replacing or upgrading.
    3. What are the pro's and con's of the newer disc brakes. I personally found the v brakes had alot more brake torque but anyhooo.
    4. Ill leave this area for any reccomendations you guys can give or maybe something I should consider but forgot to ask etc.

    Thanks in advance


Comments

  • #2
    gman2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,076 ✭✭✭gman2k


    Whilst your bike is slightly older than newer ones, the trails are even older!
    Disc brakes will give you better stopping power in the wet, which means you'll skid even further!
    Newer bikes will have more gears, be lighter, better suspension and that's about it.
    Get out and enjoy your older bike, it's the engine that counts.
    I often go out on my mid 90s Trek, doesn't stop me from doing anything on the trails, and I've an even older one in the build stage.


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