help choosing sons first proper bike - scott vs trek

fourmations

hi all

anything glaringly obvious on these two that
would help us choose.....

i dont know a lot about bikes, any advice welcome
he's 13 and its a general bike for going to school and dossing about

it seems from my research that its all about the brakes and gears
and i dont know the difference, i get the disks and hydraulics but
theres so many gear setups, the mind boggles

many thanks

https://www.evanscycles.com/en-ie/scott-aspect-760-2017-mountain-bike-EV288801

https://www.trekbikes.com/ie/en_IE/bikes/mountain-bikes/cross-country-mountain-bikes/marlin/marlin-5/p/2014600-2017/

C3PO

The specification is similar but the brakes are better on the Scott!

fourmations

thanks

i saw and rode the scott but didnt see the trek
(he was with his mom when he looked at that)

one thing i though on the scott was that on its fastest gear
i maxed out the speed easy enough, I know they are mountain bikes
but is that normal? are the ratios unusual on the scott, is that to be expected?
are the gears decent enough? we tried a cube agility as well as a comparison
it was a bit too expensive (750e) but the gears seemed way superior

https://www.cube.eu/en/2017/hardtail/analog/cube-analog-darkgreyngreen-2017/

Miklos

fourmations wrote: »

thanks

i saw and rode the scott but didnt see the trek
(he was with his mom when he looked at that)

one thing i though on the scott was that on its fastest gear
i maxed out the speed easy enough, I know they are mountain bikes
but is that normal? are the ratios unusual on the scott, is that to be expected?
are the gears decent enough? we tried a cube agility as well as a comparison
it was a bit too expensive (750e) but the gears seemed way superior

https://www.cube.eu/en/2017/hardtail/analog/cube-analog-darkgreyngreen-2017/

It's a mountain bike so the top gear is always going to be lower than a normal roadbike, plus you're a grown man and he's only a youngfella so I wouldn't worry about it too much. You'd have to look at a more road oriented bike if you want a higher top gear.

joey100

Buy him the bike he likes the look of the best. He will use it more. There won't be a huge difference between them so best getting him the one he likes best.