where to buy a nice cheap mountain bike

annettea

Hi im looking for a cheap mountain bike, im woman and there doesnt seem to be any on done deal? is anyone selling a bike? im in the galway region thanks

Mycroft H

annettea wrote: »

Hi im looking for a cheap mountain bike, im woman and there doesnt seem to be any on done deal? is anyone selling a bike? im in the galway region thanks

adverts.ie has loads. Watch it, cheap mountain bikes are often a false economy.

annettea

[/QUOTE] Watch it, cheap mountain bikes are often a false economy.[/QUOTE]
what do you mean? do you know a good bike? i need a bike for a wood trail? thank you

Mycroft H

Watch it, cheap mountain bikes are often a false economy.[/QUOTE]
what do you mean? do you know a good bike? i need a bike for a wood trail? thank you [/QUOTE]


What I mean is the sort of 99 euro wonder mountain bikes that you see in halfords and dunnes/tescos near Christmas. These look great but are often built with crap components and are not ever designed to be cycled more then 100 miles in their life.

This sums it up pretty well

Something like this would stand up admirably to a bit of light park trail

annettea

oh thank you.. i was wondering why some bikes were so cheap.. they didnt look the best either.. lol.. the ones in halfords were crap too.. they were suppossed to have a sale on..

Tenzor07

€75 Blips here :pac:

easygoing39

Tenzor07 wrote: »

€75 Blips here :pac:

Nows thats great value,XTR parts according to the sticker on the drive-side!!:D

Icyseanfitz

Tenzor07 wrote: »

€75 Blips here :pac:

that would be sarcasm, op whats your budget? and what exactly are you doing with the bike? also what height are you?

annettea

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

that would be sarcasm, op whats your budget? and what exactly are you doing with the bike? also what height are you?

sarcasm is right that was a cheapy rusty old thing ha.. im looking for a bike for a wooded trail, so mountain bikes are ideal the highest i will go for a bike is 130euro i obv dont mind a 2nd hand bike lol.. im 5'8 and the leg size is 48cm so i think i need a 17" or 18" bike??

Icyseanfitz

your going to find it hard to find any half decent mtb for that money even second hand, i take it by wooden trails you mean actual off-road right? not just some gravel paths through woods or anything?

if you are doing actual mountain biking i wouldnt bother with anything under the 4-500 mark (odd exception in the second hand market but as you wouldnt really know what to look out for buying a second hand bike you could pick up a right clunker), if you where only using the bike for light commuting etc. you could get away with a cheap Bike Shaped Object but if its going to be used for mountain biking you want to feel safe on a bike (had a cheap 200 euro mtb that the cranks snapped and nearly killed me when i first started out, bso's are downright dangerous while mtbing)

annettea

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

your going to find it hard to find any half decent mtb for that money even second hand, i take it by wooden trails you mean actual off-road right? not just some gravel paths through woods or anything?

if you are doing actual mountain biking i wouldnt bother with anything under the 4-500 mark (odd exception in the second hand market but as you wouldnt really know what to look out for buying a second hand bike you could pick up a right clunker), if you where only using the bike for light commuting etc. you could get away with a cheap Bike Shaped Object but if its going to be used for mountain biking you want to feel safe on a bike (had a cheap 200 euro mtb that the cranks snapped and nearly killed me when i first started out, bso's are downright dangerous while mtbing)

hahaha you poor thing,, lucky you didnt get killed otherwise i wouldnt be getting this advice
there is a bike trail in portumna so i was hoping for that, its like an hour-2 long.. 4-500 is a bit much for a bike thats like nearly 2 weeks wages for me ha..