Help choosing a new mountain bike

phezman
phezman Posts: 11
edited February 2013 in MTB buying advice
Hi everyone, I'm pretty new to the whole mountain biking thing and I'm in the market for my first 'proper' bike. I've got a budget of about £500-800 through the cycle to work scheme (not one that includes halfords but my local shop sells most brands). I've done a bit of looking and come up with a few names. Any thoughts/suggestions would be greatly appreciated! I'm undecided between -
rockrider 8.1
rockrider 9.1

but i am very open to suggestions
I'll be going about 50/50 on roads and some offroad stuff in the local woods/ maybe further afield in future.
thanks in advance

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  • petriodet
    petriodet Posts: 44
    why couldn't this go in your other thread?
  • snoopsmydogg
    snoopsmydogg Posts: 1,110
    is your local shop decathlon? otherwise you may struggle to get the rockrider
  • phezman
    phezman Posts: 11
    snoopsmydogg wrote:
    is your local shop decathlon? otherwise you may struggle to get the rockrider
    it's not, but I could get to a decathlon shop without any trouble.
  • chrisw333
    chrisw333 Posts: 695
    As you know they are both good bikes for the money. Your decision is whether you want full suss or hardtail.

    For the type of riding you describe I would have thought a hardtail may suit you better, but have a read around the subject and see what you think.

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