Decathlon & Halfords best bike advice

geo123456
geo123456 Posts: 31
edited August 2012 in MTB buying advice
Hi i went along to my local deachlon store and halfords today, thought i was going to buy the rockriders 5.3 2012 but seen 3 bikes i liked in decathlon and 3 in halfords so not sure what 1 to get it will be used for riding in my local park
its a forest but pretty smooth track.The bikes are

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/rockrider-53 ... 06682.html
http://www.decathlon.co.uk/rockrider-63-id_8103207.html
http://www.decathlon.co.uk/rockrider-80-id_8194500.html
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165499
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165499
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165499

Out of the 6 bikes i seen today i proably like the rockrider 6.3 the most but the guy says quite alot of people dont like full suspension bikes cause there heaver that other 1s, if you are reading this post could you please list the top 3 bikes in my list please.

Comments

  • ilovedirt
    ilovedirt Posts: 5,798
    To me, it would be between the rockrider 8.0 and the carrera vulcan. Always get the best bike you can afford, so ignore the lower spec hardtails. With the full sus, a hardtail of the same price is nearly always going to be better, especially at that price point. A cheap full sus like that will be heavy and the spec will be compromised, not really worth bothering with, you won't enjoy riding it as much as it'll be heavy and just a pain to ride around.

    The rockrider 8.0 has 9sp gearing and decent brakes, however the vulcan has a better fork. i'd probably go for the rockrider myself and then upgrade the fork down the road some time.

    hope that helped
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  • chez_m356
    chez_m356 Posts: 1,893
    as above, especially this part ''A cheap full sus like that will be heavy and the spec will be compromised, not really worth bothering with'', it could be made better, like this one viewtopic.php?f=10017&t=12856785&hilit=rockrider, but buy the time you had finished spending, you might as well of bought a 9.1
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  • Slamdunkin
    Slamdunkin Posts: 355
    What fork is on the rockrider 8.0 as it doesn't specify the make or model.
  • ilovedirt
    ilovedirt Posts: 5,798
    Suntour XCR. Not too sure on the differences between the two, but the carrera has a bit more travel, which is always preferable.
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    B'Twin Triban 5
  • Slamdunkin
    Slamdunkin Posts: 355
    The XCR's are the better fork as they have magnesium lowers instead of alloy as used on the XCM v3. Which makes the Rockrider 8.0 the all round winner.
  • ilovedirt
    ilovedirt Posts: 5,798
    Fair enough!
    Production Privee Shan

    B'Twin Triban 5
  • geo123456
    geo123456 Posts: 31
    Seen a few people saying try pauls cycles on other threads ad had a look is this a better buy that the rockrider 8.0 both are same price http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/products.p ... 1b0s2p3692
  • chez_m356
    chez_m356 Posts: 1,893
    geo123456 wrote:
    Seen a few people saying try pauls cycles on other threads ad had a look is this a better buy that the rockrider 8.0 both are same price http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/products.p ... 1b0s2p3692
    in a word "no"
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