Bought this bike anyone know much about it?

Tish99

I bought this bike from a collector of bikes just wondered does anyone know much about the brand and the bike? Can't find any info anywhere! Thank you

Salsa

Hope you weren't expecting it to be anything special as it's just an average, cheap, low spec bike. Certainly not any good for any off road riding, also your forks are backwards you need to undo the bolt on top of the stem and turn them around.

Tish99

Only bought it for commuting going to pick it up today just wanted to know if it was worth £50! How you know the forks arron the right way or not? I don't know much about bikes.

Salsa

Well the disk is on the right & should be on the left, plus it's obvious just by looking at the fork crown
Personally I wouldn't pay £50 for it but you probably won't find much better for that price unless you get lucky. Just bear in mind it would have only been £150 tops new & that full suspension design won't do anything more than sap your pedal energy & slow you down on the road. Generally all cheap bikes with full suspension and disk brakes don't actually work well and a bike with no suspension and normal v brakes would be a better bet for you. At least test ride it to see if the brakes and gears work before handing over cash as it's doubtful it's been correctly assembled if whoever did it doesn't know which way forks go.

Tish99

Yeah I can see the forks are wrong now! So would you have to unattach the wheel or can I literally just turn the fork and wheel around?

Salsa

Just undo the bolt on top of the stem a little then twist the fork around. Just make sure the cable for the disk brake goes the correct way, i.e not around the back of the head tube.

paul.skibum

I cant see the pic of the bike but Assuming its not a quill stem then you will need to undo the bolts on the stem rather than the top bolt to rotate the fork round.