Cycling Thread

Got carved up in broad daylight last week, on a blind corner. Only braking so hard I almost stopped saved me. Driver disappeared before I could get his number plate. Think he'd failed to take account of me not trundling along (though I'm hardly some sort of speed merchant)

Mmmmmm, nice. Reminds me of some of my recent Wednesday night rides, just in daylight. Not a fun place to be when you are trying to unclip from your pedals and spot a good place to put your foot down.

Grumph, yes it did feel good. Not often you get to the top of a hill in Wales to be dazzled by sunlight glaring of crisp white powder! If it hadn't been so time consuming riding up the hill I would have done another lap to sample the DH run.... next time!

Hmmm, thats pretty nice.

I nearly bought a Giant Trance X frame and shock on ebay yesterday but got distracted at the vital minute. Doh. Can you negotiate a tidy discount on those Transition bikes Grumph?!

Do GP (14) make mountain bikes then?.

Next stop ebay for you young sir..

And ask us before you commit

Originally posted by n12fun im looking for a off road bike, mostly for rutted tracks but i would like to do some serious mountain biking to, but my budget stops at around £200, am happy to go second hand but really need some advice what to look at cheers

If you are looking to spend only £200, as Grumph says eBay is the only answer really. You should be able to pick up a relatively tidy bike for that. What size are you? I am sure we could throw out a few ideas for you. If you don't know what frame size you require, how tall are you as a starting point?

Things to look for are a good frame and a decent set of suspension forks. A cheap set of forks can ruin a bike. Better to have no forks than bad heavy forks!