MTB Bday gift £35?

mike hunts alpine

Little puzzled on what to get my brother torn between camelback or gloves and jersey or gloves and knee/ shin protectors. Any ideas?
£35 budget may stretch a little more.

cooldad

You think a bunch of random strangers know your brother better than you do?

mike hunts alpine

cooldad wrote:

You think a bunch of random strangers know your brother better than you do?

No just puzzled to think of good MTB stuff for 35 40,quid

Myster101

What hasn't he got out of the list you posted? If he already has them all then how about a voucher for Scotby Cycles then he can choose himself.

The Rookie

That budget would also stretch to some nice upgrade parts such as bars or seatpost, maybe better tyres etc depending on what he has now and what bike he has.

jimothy78

Don't buy him stuff, as you're never going to be able to predict what he really wants/needs without asking him for very specific details.

Instead, how about buying him an experience, such as:
an uplift day somewhere(if he's in to that kind of riding),
race/event entry(if he's in to that kind of riding),
a night's accomodation near a distant trail centre he'd like to ride at, or
money towards a coaching session or similar.

Something like this doesn't have to be exactly what he'd buy for himself, but he'll still get something out of it.

cooldad

A night in Rhyl. (If he's into that kind of riding.)

chrisw333

I think gloves and jersey is fine, you always need this sort of stuff.

mike hunts alpine

He's getting bike next week so has nothing his old helmet and bike were destroyed in a crash. He will be getting his Own helmet and new bike That won't need any upgrades. As far as riding it will be His second time out local trail riding. First time out he killed his bike and nearly died. Decided on some gloves and knee and shin pads in the end. He'll appreciate those hopefully.

apreading

Sounds like he needs full body armour if that was his first ride!

mike hunts alpine

apreading wrote:

Sounds like he needs full body armour if that was his first ride!

Horrendous conditions and left his fork on lockout by accident on a very steep and narrow dh section and hit a tree at about 40 mph. Air ambulance paramedic fire brigade mountain rescue first responders were all there.