Big Guy: 19 stone 6ft 2". Looking for mountain Bike!!
cumblechook
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I am fairly new to mountain biking and i am looking for my first bike. What bikes are best for me? Budget: £550 - max £600. I know i cant get a new Kona Hoss with that money, but what other alternatives are open. I have looked around and it seems that Specialised, Kona and Trek are the makes to go for. Any suggestions?
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What type of riding will you be doing, fireroads, downhill etc?0
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Well I got my first bike at the start of this month. I am also 6ft 2" and am currently 18 stone, down from 22! I went for the GT Aggressor XCR from Halfords and I got it for £575. I think for the money it has a great spec:-
FEATURES AND BENEFITS:
GT Triple Triangle Aluminium frame with butted and hydro formed tubing
Rock Shox Recon 351 U-turn fork with 85?130mm of adjustable travel
Motion Control adjustable damping and lock out
Avid Juicy 3 hydraulic disc brakes 180/160mm rotors
Shimano Deore/ XT 27 speed gearing
Truvativ Firex GXP chainset with GIGA X pipe BB
Maxxis Ignitor 2.3 tyres
WTB Speed Disc rims
SDG Bel Air saddle
GT oversize bar and stem
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165499
I am loving it so far and have done over 200 miles since I got it. About 60 of these are off road riding single track in Epping forest. Frame seems strong and looks like it can take a fair amount of abuse. Although I have yet to do any jumps/drops to put my opinions to the test0 -
Vivid wrote:What type of riding will you be doing, fireroads, downhill etc?0
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Cheers xgeek. I'll taake alook at that. "Hydraulic brakes" on the GT. Wow! Bike Braking Tech has moved on!!!0
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Hi, I am also a bigger than average bear and started off a year or so with a Marin B17.
This is a very sturdy fella and comes with a nice spec.
Lost a bit of body mass and now moved onto a Cannondale Prophet 1 (had to sell the wife to afford it!)0 -
GsterProphet wrote:(had to sell the wife to afford it!)
A win, win situationGiant Defy 4 2014
GT Avalanche Expert 2006
Specialized Hardrock 19890