Giant Yukon FX 3

jamLCFC
jamLCFC Posts: 197
edited May 2009 in MTB buying advice
Chuffed to bits as SWMBO has announced that she would like to get into MTB. She has dabbled and tried some off road trails and decided that its the nearest thing she can remember to her days of horse riding.......nope i dont get it iether but i have nt ridden a horse.

Any way i was looking at a £350 ish budget to get her a HT with disc brakes and i was looking to try a female specific bike to see how things would be for her.

I have done some searcing about and found what appears to be a bit of a bargain

http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/products.p ... 746&z=1986

At £310(reduced from £650 for an 09 Bike) it comes well within budget and appears to offer a better spec bike than theSspesh Mykas that i was considering. The thing is it aint a ladies designed bike.

Apart from the rear shocks that i have read about on here is there anything that stops this being the bargain that it appears to be?

Any ladies riding these?

Or indeed anything that appears to offer better value?

Thanks for your time
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Compulsive tinkerer....my ideas far far outway my ability and that makes things costly !!

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  • realnumber 1
    realnumber 1 Posts: 675
    Might be a little heavy for a lady, about 34lb iirc. A lot of bike for the money though.
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  • jamLCFC
    jamLCFC Posts: 197
    thanks for that i hadnt looked at the weight
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  • thedirge
    thedirge Posts: 181
    I've got the 19" my lass could never ride the thing its massive!

    With it being an online deal, be careful on the sizing, if she can try one in real life I guess htat would be better.
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  • elPedro666
    elPedro666 Posts: 1,060
    I was having exactly the same thoughts for my (also horsey) lady & dismissed it because of the weight.

    Sadly I don't have a plan B yet to be of any use! :oops:

    Just a word of warning - that horsey stuff gives amazing balance, don't get too complacent because she's new... :wink:
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    25.0mm-26.2mm seatpost shim
    Red X-Lite bling
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    RH thumbie
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    Flatbars 620mm 25,4mm & swept, ti in an ideal world
  • jamLCFC
    jamLCFC Posts: 197
    elPedro666 wrote:
    that horsey stuff gives amazing balance, don't get too complacent because she's new... :wink:

    I learnt a long time ago that where my missus and horseys are concerned underestimate at your peril..........

    My plan B is to start at my LBS and see how she feels on a womans spec bike before going onto Plan C.
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