merida bikes

adedownunder

Hi Guy's

Im a road biker myself but this winter have decided to try some river trails and some forest tracks instead of sitting on the trainer on the wet and miserable days and seeing some grass and mud for a change. Im a MTB novice though and woud be really gratefull to anyone who can put me in the right direction on a purchase. This morning i have been looking at Trek and Merida. I know with Trek your pretty safe with the quality etc but the Merida bike was well made and had good components, im not going to be doing anything crazy on this bike just normal riding to keep the fitness up and getting of the tarmac for a few months. Has anyone got a Merida? or would you stick to the brand of bike you know is a safe bet!! or does anyone else have any suggestions?

Thanks

Ade

noodleman

Merida make frames for lots of other manufacturers so they know their stuff. Having said that, reading through the reviews, and a lot of their own brand bikes seem to be a bit hit and miss.
I would simply look at what sort of riding you will be doing eg xc, marathon, freeride etc and then look at a few reviews and buy the best you can afford and what you like the look of. Then you wont be disappointed.
Probably obvious stuff to you reallly but dont simply buy beacause of the name. More important that you buy the bike that suits your needs.

SpinningJenny

Thanks for asking this question, I meant to post this the other day, but forgot! By some horror or hoors I found myself in Bike Hut last weekend and saw a whole raft of Merida bikes... Now i know a bit more.

Knowledge is power!

nicklouse

Merida own 51% of Spechialized.

they do make a lot of very good bikes and plenty of OK bikes and not too many bad ones.

Northwind

They do seem to come up pretty expensive, though, for their own builds.

fourcrossjohn

dont get one, i had one it was terrible

wheres the mountains

anything above and including the 'matts tfs 500' is worth looking at. in my opinion

barry_kellett99

nicklouse wrote:

Merida own 51% of Spechialized.

they do make a lot of very good bikes and plenty of OK bikes and not too many bad ones.

Its actually 49%

adedownunder

Thanks for all your advice guy's, i tried the Merida and it just didn't feel right after the test ride. The one i like and have ridden and had great spec was the Fuji. Im going to try out a couple of Giants and a Felt tomorrow so look's like i will be departed with my cash by Saturday afternoon and getting amongst it on Sunday morning.

Thanks again

Ade