New bike ?

40427

I need a new bike and am 13 years old. I want something like a fr/dh bike but aint got alot a dollar ive read that second hand orange patriots are pretty good but can u sugest anything else

supersonic

How much do you have?

40427

Bout 600 650 max

supersonic

Have a look at the Carrara banshee X at Halfrods.

40427

Def not nother halfords bike

supersonic

Nothing wrong with Carreras - not some apollo rubbish. And a better bet than an old Patriot with no warranty.

The Northern Monkey

you'd get a lot more for your "dollar" (GBP i assume) with a HT.

but as ss said, nothing wrong with a carrera banshee!! tis a capable bike for the money... just a bit on the heavy side.

40427

Just like the idea of saying 2 mates that i got an orange dh bike as itll be the best bike out of the lot and bein a bloke we always have 2 av the best stuff.

supersonic

Not if it cracks, like many did.

nicklouse

LOL the Patriot was never a DH bike.

The Northern Monkey

40427
Do you ride DH?
What is your current steed?
What do your mates ride?

40427

I ride a diamondback outlook and struggles with alot of the terrain around me but 1 m8 rides a rockrider 6.3 and other one rides a giant boulder but wants to get and ironhorse which would be the best bike but he is probably the worst rider me being the best and he also thinks he knows more than me when i had 2 explain what northshore and dh also fr with pics and long sentences. Hes full of excuses aswell.

40427

Oh yeh i do ride A bit of it every weekend but want to get more serious and start ridin at dh tracks nearest 1 is porc which is 30 mins away also got bedgebury but dont mind makin the extra drive to better places occasionally.

supersonic

SO what terrain do you ride? Any jumps? Big drops? Boulders?

40427

Jumps 5/6 ft drops loads a big roots

supersonic

Suprised the outlook has lasted so long. Especially with 56ft drops ;-)

40427

Me too.b Ut clanks and clicks like hel now.

40427

Can someone answer my other thread about dh gear just down the page.

supersonic

Save a bit more and consider this:

http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/products.p ... Suspension

Tough, but lightish too for pedalling around normal trails.

40427

i hate 2 say it but i prefer the patriot

Flenser

40427 wrote:

i hate 2 say it but i prefer the patriot

I get the feeling you have a preconceived idea of the bike you want to show off to your mates, irrespective of which bike is actually the best for what you want to do with it.

But that's just what I'm getting.

supersonic

do you want a bike that works, or one to show off to your mates?

supersonic

snap!

Flenser

Flenser

Great minds and all that.

Flenser

Great minds and all that.

Flenser

Great minds and all that.

ads4

Sounds like you have answered your own question and your mind is made of with the Patriot?

Flenser

Whoops, I kept getting flood control coming up telling me I couldn't post so soon after the last but it was letting me post in the background at the same time. :oops:

joshtp

i think you just want to show off to your mates, dont be an idiot, get the best bike, not something you percieve to be flash, honestly, when you whip your mates down the track, then they will respect you, not when you tell them you have a bike that is famouse for snaping in half!

bomberesque

is this a windup?

600 quid bike at 13!!!!!oneeleven ZOMGWTF are your parents made of money? Get a ladies' shopping bike and run that down the bmx track like we all had to at that age. Kids today, I ask yer

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