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welshpaddler

Following a knee injury which has put a hopefully, temporary halt to hill walking and canoeing I rediscovered cycling which does not effect the knee.

My mate lent me a bike, sort of mountain bike and I am now considering buying my own steed.

So far my search has resulted in a hybrid bike in that I don't want to be a road racer or hard core mountain biker, but bike trails and some tarmac, possibly with some short tours with tent etc.

I seem to have narrowed my limited search down to a Specialized Crosstail or much cheaper Carrera. Clearly the former has more quality but as biking will (if knee behaves) be a secondary outdoor interest is the price difference/quality worth while?

Cheers

FSR_XC

Have you thought about a cyclo cross bike?

Something like the Specialized Tricross or Boardman CX etc