Newbie bike advice

peerieivan

Hi, looking at buying a bike to get out and about and get some miles done this year, will be a mixture of road and hill track roads, I have been looking at bikes and there is a LOT of choice out there now :shock: !!! I have listed the bikes I have narrowed it down to bellow and would appreciate any feedback you may have on them, thanks in advance, Ivan.
http://www.merlincycles.com/beone-spiri ... 71757.html
http://www.merlincycles.com/beone-spiri ... 71770.html
http://www.rutlandcycling.com/199891/pr ... -bike.aspx
http://www.decathlon.co.uk/rockrider-52 ... 93188.html

The Rookie

Of those, the Rockrider (which is also on the normal recommended list), its the only one there with a proper fork (the rest have no damping, you wouldn't drive a car on a rough road after taking all the shock absorbers off!) - the fork being the most important single component on any mountain bike, the rest of the components are much better as well.

peerieivan

Hi, thanks for the reply, yeah I was leaning towards the Rockrider as I saw it in the list of bikes on here as a good buy, like the look of them too :-)