Dual suspension for very occaisional and light off-road use

r0b0c0p

Could some kindly souls help out?

I am 6ft and about 13.5 stone and I'd like a full susp bike that will be used on-road 95% of the time and taken off road for leisure cycling. What to people think of these bikes? Muddyfox:

http://www.muddyfox.com/dualsuspension_2008.html

They at least 'appear' to be very good value specs to me. Are you going to tell me I don't need a full susp bike ?

Cheers

nicklouse

r0b0c0p wrote:

Could some kindly souls help out?

I am 6ft and about 13.5 stone and I'd like a full susp bike that will be used on-road 95% of the time and taken off road for leisure cycling. What to people think of these bikes? Muddyfox:

http://www.muddyfox.com/dualsuspension_2008.html

They at least 'appear' to be very good value specs to me. Are you going to tell me I don't need a full susp bike ?

Cheers

dont bother, you will get a much better bike that is more comfortable if you look at a Hardtail for that type of money.

supersonic

Heavy pogo sticks I am afraid. I'd avoid them all. Will be difficult to ride on the road, and not very good off road.

You are better off with a hardtail at this price unless you can get a Decathlon Rockrider 5.3, and even then a hardtail would be better.

Wacky Racer

Totally agree with the other posts, avoid a cheap full suss like the plague unless you relish carrying it up every hill you meet!

A hardtail will provide more bang for your bucks, and be alot lighter, don't get hung up on the full suss hype, I use a hard tail for everything including trails and have never felt the need to go full suss, they have their fans but you won't find any fans of that bike.

r0b0c0p

Ok thanks. I was half expecting this as the general concensus. Could someone recommend something in the 300-400 price range?

r0b0c0p

I found these Kona's online for 350 quid:

http://bikes.konaworld.com/09/09_firemo ... uxe_uk.cfm

supersonic

Nice bike for the money, but buying online can have drawbacks ie can't test it, you will have to set it up etc.