New rider! need a new bike

rioj4

Hi folks,

Used to have a saracen dirt trax years ago and now after a good 10 years without being on a bike im ready to get into it again!
Ive had a little read and have seen reccomendations of the decathlon bikes , boardman and carrera but tbh they may be well specced but i purely dont like the looks, i like the cannondale sl3 2011 http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/products.p ... b65s2p3694 (is this a good bike for the money?)

and some of the scott and cube bikes.

I want to spend between 500-600

probably gonna buy one on 0%

Cheers guys

waby1234

You will get a much much more highly specced bike if you can get over looks e.g one of the brands mentioned above.

Otherwise it's likely you'll reach the limits of your bike much more quickly and of buying on finance I personally wouldn't want that to happen.

junglist_matty

This?

http://www.canyon.com/_uk/mountainbikes ... tml?b=2539

waby1234

junglist_matty wrote:

This?

http://www.canyon.com/_uk/mountainbikes ... tml?b=2539

Is that not £200 over budget?

rioj4

Yeah is a bit steep for me, lovely looking tho!

waby1234

What sort of riding do you intend to do?

chez_m356

something like this http://www.bike-discount.de/shop/k1830/ ... ml?mfid=52 slightly over budget,around the £630 mark, but you certainly wouldn't need to upgrade anything

rioj4

waby1234 wrote:

What sort of riding do you intend to do?

All sorts really apart from heavy rocky downhill stuff and big drop offs etc.

waby1234

It's a bit hard to recommend a bike without knowing what you intend to ride, but the ZR does have a decent spec IMO.

rioj4

I like the look of that zr, ill be riding off road mainly in woodlands and a few parks and get on to more adventurous stuff after I've got a few miles and confidence back under my belt! Like I said earlier need to buy somewhere I can get 0 percent finance really