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Mountain Bike Buying?

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Bush Tucker Man:
With a bit of a nod at my previous thread; Any Cyclists In..?

I'm trying to persuade SWMBO that we need a pair (again)

After all, she did ride for a complete season way back

And now that's she's decided to get fit again, but can't really run (as she's found she seems to have knee problems)


Can anyone recomend a decent Mountain Bike for about £500 - £600?

My thoughts go towards the established brands;
Kona
Marin
Specialised
Trek

1. I don't want full-suspension, but may accept front (Rock-Shox, or Manitou?)
2. For ease of maintenance & sheer stopping power, I suppose Discs are the thing to have?
3. Are they still all on these small-chain rings & sprockets nowadays, or are the old style (ie; proper sized!) 46/34/24 chaninrings back in use?
4. I want it fairly light, as it might be used for Cyclo-Cross next winter :roll:

5 Steel or Aluminium at the price mentioned??



I doubt that I can persuade her to let me have another Pace Research, or even look for a Yeti, or Ritchey??

One friend had a Yeti 'FRO', then got an ARC, an utterly gorgeous bike (the link shows the current model)

Yoshi:
Bleeding heck!  We pay half that ammount for all our bikes together!

sleeplessparadise:
Tell Joanne I love the head gear Richard, and sorry to hear she can't do the running :(

strapping young lad:
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simon15:
if your not going for full sus. then a decent saracen with front sus. carrera I have never had a problem with and had 3 of them and all stolen. :(

you have already mentioned kona but not one of my favourites.

also got giant and specialised.

it just depends on what bike takes your fancy when you look at it. :)

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