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Focus Mares 08

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  • 24-06-2008 7:23pm
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    MackPaddy
    Registered Users Posts: 84 ✭✭


    Hi guys,

    Does anyone have any first hand experience of the Focus Mares cyclocross bike?
    It seems that this bike comes recommended price/value wise. I have a hardtail mtb for the forests/mountains but now id like to start doing some longer cycles.I probably wouldnt be doing more than 60k at a time on a cycle over a mix of different terrains...so I think a cross bike would suit me better than a road bike.

    I know there are better equiped models above this one,but im stretching the budget as it is on this one .I suppose im wondering would this bike be a good base to start on and upgrade the components as needed?

    Also after another recommendation on this forum,I'm thinking of getting the shoe/pedal deal on bikeplus.co.uk

    The shoes are the Specialized Sport MTB 2008 Shoe and the pedals are the POWER PLAY Force pedals.

    Thanks for any advice!


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    blorg
    Registered Users Posts: 15,989 ✭✭✭✭blorg


    No first hand experience but I have a similar sort of bike and if you want to do off-road with it, the Mares Cross sounds great. Good review here. If you don't need to go off road, though, get a road bike.

    I'm a fan of Specialized shoes myself and probably was the one recommending the pedal and shoe deal. I have two pairs of Powerplay Force pedals myself and they are very nice- only thing to note is that they are quite easy to release, sometimes too easy, if you are really pulling up hard.


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