04-07-2013, 04:07 PM
Fooby you need to find a good, local independant bike shop (we have one here that take C2W if you want the drive up). Halfords are picking up their ideas with the bikes they sell but you dont get a huge amount for your money. You need to decide what you want it for ideally. You dont want to be putting road wheels on a MTB (mostly because they wont fit 
) so perhaps a XC MTB with 2.1 tyres? Anything too wide and you will be putting in more effort on the road. Also, stick with hard tail. For 1k, you wont get a good full sus and it will literally kill you unless your going downhill lol.
Avoid specialized. They are good but very very expensive for what you get. Giant are very good and you get a lot for your money.
Front forks, you dont want more than 130mm of travel. Any more and it will kill you for XC and road. Avoid cable disc brakes big time. Go for either hydro discs (avoid shimano. Try and go for Avid or hope) or good quality V brakes.
) so perhaps a XC MTB with 2.1 tyres? Anything too wide and you will be putting in more effort on the road. Also, stick with hard tail. For 1k, you wont get a good full sus and it will literally kill you unless your going downhill lol.Avoid specialized. They are good but very very expensive for what you get. Giant are very good and you get a lot for your money.
Front forks, you dont want more than 130mm of travel. Any more and it will kill you for XC and road. Avoid cable disc brakes big time. Go for either hydro discs (avoid shimano. Try and go for Avid or hope) or good quality V brakes.
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1999 China Blue 306 GTi6 - Eaton Supercharged - 214.5bhp 181lbft