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reommendation on a mountain bike!

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    #2
    uberwolf
    Registered Users Posts: 7,578 ✭✭✭uberwolf


    I'm going to have to make a sticky out of one of these :p

    I once read that if a seller can't even be arsed cleaning the bike to try and sell it then he probably hasn't maintained it that well. So if you go down and have a look the dirt could be hiding all sorts of little problems. I have no idea re: that bike specifically and the price.


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    cerebus
    Registered Users Posts: 447 ✭✭cerebus


    Originally posted by sound_wave
    thinking of buying this

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=159675

    Just wondering what ye all think of it?

    thanks

    Any review I've seen of this model has said pretty good things for the most part - though some of the stock components are not great.

    The stock fork (Suntour I think?) is pretty crappy - looks like it hasn't been upgraded going by the pictures he shows. Also, the groupset is pretty low-end.

    Given that he says it is 2 years old, 600 Euros strikes me as being a bit much... I think the RRSP in the UK is about 500 Sterling, so I would offer less than 600.


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    I'd avoid that one - as said about the dirt, looks like there's a little rust on the front disc (could be the picture) which is a pure sign of a damaged disc.

    You don't spend over €1000 without knowing a little about bikes, and the fact that he says missing bar ends (forget the name of them) are "damage" worries me a bit.

    Nice bike though.


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    sound_wave
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,152 ✭✭✭sound_wave


    thanks lads, yeah i spotted the rust on the disc brake. Nice bike tho. Ah well ill have to keep looking i suppose

    Thanks again

    Anyone know of any good trails around the cork area by the way?


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    Bunny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 496 ✭✭Bunny


    I wouldn't recommend that bike, its far too expensive for a start...

    Spend 400 euro on a new steel/chromoly entry level bike with front suspension and Vbrakes...dont worry about the shiney fancy stuff, it'll only cause you to ride too carefully, waste money, etc

    Most brands are a ripoff in Ireland and most bike shop owners are dickheads, some English brands are relatively inexpensive...


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