Newbie

Here's a list of various priced bikes easily available within the UK,
realistically you'll probably need to spend just over £200 for a decent
bike.

http://www.mbuk.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=83398

Specialised hardrocks are available in last years flavours for sub £250 and
if you can wait a little while the 2006 ranges will be coming out very soon
thus driving down the price on '05's and making '04 models cheaper still.

Andy

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Hi from the UK

Total newbie to mountain biking.
Used to be an avid cyclist in the old Raleigh Racer days!!!

Basically looking for some guidance on what bike to choose around the £200
mark to get me started.
i.e what make should I buy for this low end budget.
Links, pics, any help is much appreciated.

cheers
SlicK

I'm with Andy, push it up a little and get a hardrock or maybe a trek
at a similar price. Dont go for one of your supermarket 'Carrera' bikes
or similar.
Checkout buyabikedirect.co.uk - they do last years models quite
cheaply.

J

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Quoted message said:

Hi from the UK

Total newbie to mountain biking.
Used to be an avid cyclist in the old Raleigh Racer days!!!

Basically looking for some guidance on what bike to choose around the £200
mark to get me started.
i.e what make should I buy for this low end budget.
Links, pics, any help is much appreciated.

cheers
SlicK

cheers for advice...

Quoted message said:

Hi from the UK

Total newbie to mountain biking.
Used to be an avid cyclist in the old Raleigh Racer days!!!

Basically looking for some guidance on what bike to choose around the £200
mark to get me started.
i.e what make should I buy for this low end budget.
Links, pics, any help is much appreciated.

cheers
SlicK

I'd actually lean towards a used bike. Too many guys think they have to have
the newest model every couple years and you can pick up a year old mid-range
bike for a very reasonable price. I've bought two used bikes off of ebay and
although it's always a gamble I have ended up with great bikes everytime...