First serious mountain bike for an ex-roadie
tris_d
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Hi all,
This is my first post here. I have recently got back into cycling again. I started time trailing and road racing when I was 13 but I have not done any serious riding in over 10 years and now I am three years past thirty. I got a hack bike about a year ago and ever since I have been itching to get back into some serious riding again.
I have been looking at some XC hard tails and I was hoping at spending £1500ish. This is a significant amount of cash for me and the local shops really don't have any HTs for demo.
The Stumper Jumper expert looks like very nicely specified bike but £1700 is a lot of cash for me but is it worth a stretch over say a Marin IFT, Trek 8500. Plus at this sort of money I could be looking into carbon frames but will it last as long as an alloy?
Any advice at all would be of great help!
Tris
This is my first post here. I have recently got back into cycling again. I started time trailing and road racing when I was 13 but I have not done any serious riding in over 10 years and now I am three years past thirty. I got a hack bike about a year ago and ever since I have been itching to get back into some serious riding again.
I have been looking at some XC hard tails and I was hoping at spending £1500ish. This is a significant amount of cash for me and the local shops really don't have any HTs for demo.
The Stumper Jumper expert looks like very nicely specified bike but £1700 is a lot of cash for me but is it worth a stretch over say a Marin IFT, Trek 8500. Plus at this sort of money I could be looking into carbon frames but will it last as long as an alloy?
Any advice at all would be of great help!
Tris
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