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Entry level Full Sus MTB Recommendation

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    Gerry
    Registered Users Posts: 4,425 ✭✭✭Gerry


    Its a tough ask. That halfords bike not bad for the money.. still a bit compromised. looks like cable brakes. The fork not bad though. It could all potentially be upgraded in time. But boardman have a decent reputation.

    You'll struggle to find similar elsewhere.

    You could have a look secondhand and then consider using bike2work to upgrade that bike. But that's not for everyone.

    Maybe best option might be to contact halfords and see if they can get one in for you.



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    Alkers
    Registered Users Posts: 6,811 ✭✭✭Alkers


    I would strongly recommend going second hand, it's a buyers market ATM and you should find something handy enough that is much better than that bike



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    fatbhoy
    Registered Users Posts: 938 ✭✭✭fatbhoy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121982938#Comment_121982938

    100% agree. There is mental value out there now. Yeti SB150s for 2.5K. You'll get a great bike for between 1.5 and 2K. Just make sure it's 2020 onwards basically. eMTBs are going for 3K. Join a few of the Facebook MTB Buy & Sell groups; that's where they come up.

    You won't get the BikeToWork, but you'll get a great bike, ride it for a while, figure out pretty quickly what's what with MTBing and the bikes themselves, especially if you join up with groups out riding (e.g. MAD), and then when you're in a better position to figure out your next MTB you'll have a full BikeToWork waiting on you to use (once you use it, you can't use it again for another 4 or 5 years, so you need to not waste it).



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