New bike advice required

jimbouk

Hi

Looking for a hardtrail mountain bike .

Posted a similar topic a year or so ago but back problems have put me back a little

I am mid 40s age wise and looking to get back in to biking .Looking to do some cross country hard trail along with bridleways woodland tracks etc Won’t be doing any extreme off road stuff .
Budget wise £400-600 ish

Would appreciate advice as to best value for money,along with any other advice

Cheers

Jim

stuisnew

jim

shame you have no replies but I think your post title puts people off by being too open!

At the lower of those prices ranges people on here normally recommend the Carrera Fury as a great place to start, although i've not ridden one myself.

Beware bikes which look the part but are not all they seem - all that glitters etc! Some of teh big name brands are as guilty as anyone for delivering poor value for money at the lower end of the market

jimbouk

Thanks for that
Just been offered a 2010 rockhopper comp from a local shop for £599 ex display model with full warranty etc
Any views on this model

chrisski

id go for the rockhopper esp at 599 as retails for 799!! if not ill take it! ive had one since 2003 but looking to getting a new one this yr (prob the sl pro though)
good frame and easy to upgrade components.

stuisnew

jimbouk wrote:

Thanks for that
Just been offered a 2010 rockhopper comp from a local shop for £599 ex display model with full warranty etc
Any views on this model

That seems to be a pretty good deal. Certainly cheap and pretty solid component wise. I'd always look for older models discounted so this seems to fit the bill.