Beginner mountain bike for £300 mark

groll4

Hello I'm looking for a mountain bike for around £300, been to halfords looked at some bikes and checked the forums online who tend to recommend avoiding halfords.
Ive been looking at the Rockrider 5.3 26er
http://www.decathlon.co.uk/rockrider-53 ... 06682.html
and noticed that this is recommended with the stick at the top of the forum.
However this was posted in 2012 so wondered if this was still relevant.

I want a bike that i can use on forest trails and some road use, I'm not looking to go pro just a weekend rider.

Any help and other recommendations would be great.

Thanks in advance

supersonic

Still available, still relevant, good bike!

or look at the Calibre two point two.

groll4

Thanks have looked at the two two briefly.
New to all this so what's the real differences and advantages of each bike?

supersonic

The Calibre gets a better fork and hydraulic brakes - more control from both. Nothing else at this price range is worth looking at, only these two bikes.