New to riding

Umm, isn't that a question you should have asked before you purchased?

gruppo makes an excellent point. this question should have been asked BEFORE purchasing the bike.

I guess you may have received the bike as a BARGAIN.
Bargain - something you don't really need, at a price you can't refuse.

In the end, does it really matter.
Do you just want to know how good the brand is, so you know how cool you will look on the track?

Forget that. Let your riding take care of that.

whackyscientist said:

gruppo makes an excellent point. this question should have been asked BEFORE purchasing the bike.

I guess you may have received the bike as a BARGAIN.
Bargain - something you don't really need, at a price you can't refuse.

In the end, does it really matter.
Do you just want to know how good the brand is, so you know how cool you will look on the track?

Forget that. Let your riding take care of that.

Too true, too true...

It's funny (sad?) how *we* (every living person) justifies/attempts to do so *after* the fact. God (Allah, Vishnu, Yahweh, I Am, Zeus, Caillech, Loki, Io, I gotta stop...) knows I've done it before. "Buyers remorse" some call it.

The whacky cat is correct. That meaning: ride, ride well, and let the fun/cool happen. My first mtb was (what I now consider) a pile, but many of my best bike memories are on it so...

Have fun and ride well. Take care.

K.