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mountain bike

  • 19-07-2012 9:00pm
    #1
    teednab-el
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,971 ✭✭✭


    Is this bike worth fixing up or should I upgrade it? It is a few years old but has been rarely used. Gears and brakes have to be fixed on it. Would like to have a mountain bike to go to areas where my road bike cant go.

    http://db.tt/vqIeBkqE


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  • #2
    Gavin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,676 ✭✭✭Gavin


    No good for mountain biking


  • #3
    teednab-el
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,971 ✭✭✭teednab-el


    Gavin wrote: »
    No good for mountain biking

    The mountain biking I would be on about would be travelling through rough and hilly roads.


  • #4
    kenmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,278 ✭✭✭kenmc


    use a road bike then


  • #5
    teednab-el
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,971 ✭✭✭teednab-el


    kenmc wrote: »
    use a road bike then

    I mean potholes all over the road and rough terrain. Definately that road surface wouldnt be suitable for road bike.


  • #6
    ford2600
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,457 ✭✭✭ford2600


    Full suspension MTB for €200? Wouldn't be worth wasting any more money on.

    Give that any rough use it'll break your heart

    teednab-el wrote: »
    Is this bike worth fixing up or should I upgrade it? It is a few years old but has been rarely used. Gears and brakes have to be fixed on it. Would like to have a mountain bike to go to areas where my road bike cant go.

    http://db.tt/vqIeBkqE


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  • #7
    Tonyandthewhale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,867 ✭✭✭Tonyandthewhale


    That bike will never go where a road bike couldn't go. It'd have great difficulty going where I road bike goes as well. It's not a machine designed for actual use.


  • #8
    Tenzor07
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,018 ✭✭✭Tenzor07


    Great bike for the rough roads, you won't even feel the bumps! Just make sure the tyres have at least 60psi in them to ensure the suspension can iron out the potholes perfectly!
    And make sure you fit a good set of Spd pedals so you don't fall off when you hit a pothole....












    :D


  • #9
    teednab-el
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,971 ✭✭✭teednab-el


    I got this bike from a friend, Its so horrible looking and weighs a tonne also. I would be away fitter if I started taking it for spins. Might do the ring of Kerry on it next year as well :D


  • #10
    Tenzor07
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,018 ✭✭✭Tenzor07


    teednab-el wrote: »
    I got this bike from a friend, Its so horrible looking and weighs a tonne also. I would be away fitter if I started taking it for spins. Might do the ring of Kerry on it next year as well :D

    Training on such a heavy bike will make you win the Ring a Rosey, there's a special category in that race for someone on a bike like yours...


  • #11
    teednab-el
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,971 ✭✭✭teednab-el


    CaptRobau wrote: »
    It'd have great difficulty going where I road bike goes as well. It's not a machine designed for actual use. g.gif

    Should I throw it into a skip or if a bought a decent MTB in a bike shop could I offload this one?


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  • #12
    teednab-el
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,971 ✭✭✭teednab-el


    Tenzor07 wrote: »
    teednab-el wrote: »
    I got this bike from a friend, Its so horrible looking and weighs a tonne also. I would be away fitter if I started taking it for spins. Might do the ring of Kerry on it next year as well :D

    Training on such a heavy bike will make you win the Ring a Rosey, there's a special category in that race for someone on a bike like yours...

    That bike would definately stand out though from the crowd in the Ring of Kerry. :D


  • #13
    Egan2012
    Registered Users Posts: 249 ✭✭Egan2012


    teednab-el wrote: »
    Should I throw it into a skip or if a bought a decent MTB in a bike shop could I offload this one?

    Off load to the skip lad. I was going to do up a mountain bike last year and when I added up what I was spending I just ended up buying a new Trek.


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