Big Guy: 19 stone 6ft 2". Looking for mountain Bike!!

cumblechook

I am fairly new to mountain biking and i am looking for my first bike. What bikes are best for me? Budget: £550 - max £600. I know i cant get a new Kona Hoss with that money, but what other alternatives are open. I have looked around and it seems that Specialised, Kona and Trek are the makes to go for. Any suggestions?

Vivid

What type of riding will you be doing, fireroads, downhill etc?

xgeek

Well I got my first bike at the start of this month. I am also 6ft 2" and am currently 18 stone, down from 22! I went for the GT Aggressor XCR from Halfords and I got it for £575. I think for the money it has a great spec:-

FEATURES AND BENEFITS:
GT Triple Triangle Aluminium frame with butted and hydro formed tubing
Rock Shox Recon 351 U-turn fork with 85?130mm of adjustable travel
Motion Control adjustable damping and lock out
Avid Juicy 3 hydraulic disc brakes 180/160mm rotors
Shimano Deore/ XT 27 speed gearing
Truvativ Firex GXP chainset with GIGA X pipe BB
Maxxis Ignitor 2.3 tyres
WTB Speed Disc rims
SDG Bel Air saddle
GT oversize bar and stem

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165499

I am loving it so far and have done over 200 miles since I got it. About 60 of these are off road riding single track in Epping forest. Frame seems strong and looks like it can take a fair amount of abuse. Although I have yet to do any jumps/drops to put my opinions to the test

cumblechook

Vivid wrote:

What type of riding will you be doing, fireroads, downhill etc?

Road and light of road.

cumblechook

Cheers xgeek. I'll taake alook at that. "Hydraulic brakes" on the GT. Wow! Bike Braking Tech has moved on!!!

GsterProphet

Hi, I am also a bigger than average bear and started off a year or so with a Marin B17.
This is a very sturdy fella and comes with a nice spec.

Lost a bit of body mass and now moved onto a Cannondale Prophet 1 (had to sell the wife to afford it!)

beski

GsterProphet wrote:

(had to sell the wife to afford it!)

A win, win situation