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Topic Started: Jan 3 2010, 07:02 PM (446 Views)
SARAMTB
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Hi! I'm new to biking and came across your site, it sounds brilliant. I'm going to get some lessons and a bit of experience under my belt, then would love to join you for one of your rides, in a couple of months perhaps. Can't wait! Sara
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Ming the Merciless
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Greetings, see you soon
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Jim
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If this was a combat situation, we'd be dead by now.
*waves
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guy
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Welcome!



Just in case you dont know we do both mountain biking and cake :) Cake is a very important, indeed some would say integral, part of our riding ethos

B)
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hobbz
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cake and an almost fanatical worship of mud



















you don't know me :ph43r:
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SARAMTB
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Oh well in that case, I'd better get practising asap. :unsure:

Cake makes this mission extremely important. just need to find a friendly teacher, buy a bike and do some miles before I join you lot! I'm more used to skis than a bike... (we have cake too, so that part is sorted).

Hope to catch you all soon
Sara
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Dave le Trek
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Welcome Sara, now then, lets get things right, its cake, cake and more cake nothing more nothing less, cake glorious cake, jam toffee or chocolate, oh and a hot cup of tea too. Look forward to seeing you out on the trails.......where are you based???
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SARAMTB
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I'm based in Battle, but have car, will travel... so looking forward to biking all over. Thanks for the warm welcome guys!
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belugabob
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SARAMTB,Jan 4 2010
09:10 AM
I'm based in Battle

Not a million miles from Eastbourne, then - just handy for some of our core members.

I'm sure that you'll fit in - when you feel ready, you probably want to attend one of our end of the month 'Club' rides, which are generally low key and easier on the novice.

Welcome to the world of mud and cake.
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SARAMTB
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Sounds good, I'm just in dilemmas about the bike i want to buy. Do I defo need full suspension or would i be ok with a hardtail as a new person to the sport? any advice greatly appreciated.
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Ming the Merciless
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It mainly depends on your budget, BUT old skool thinking is that a hardtail or dare I say it "full rigid" will teach you much better line choice and technique.
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EddyDave
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I started properly on my current bike. A Felt Q520, which is a short travel (80mm of movement in the front) hard tail. I love it. However I will say. Its right (or was) down the bottom end of entry level. Budget wise if you can got four around £500 + for a good hardtaill :)
And I agree with Ming about learning!
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SARAMTB
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Thanks for that! makes sense, I'm all up for learning old school tech stuff. Will probably go for hard tail then.
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guy
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If you're new to mountain biking then a hardtail is the way to go for now. You dont need to go rushing out to buy a full suspension bike as it better to get used to riding off-road and getting some core fitness ( this from an unfit bloke with expensive super-bling full sus bike ;)

Front suspension forks are really a must off road unless you want to go really old school, just avoid the really cheapo suspension forks as they are worse than useless. Disc brakes are also very useful but not essential, just make sure the bike at least has disc hubs and caliper mounts

You can get some very good hardtail bikes from Kona, Trek, Specialized, Marin, On-One, Merlin, Felt and Kinesis. You'll be pretty much spoilt for choice but you are looking at £500+ unless you hit ebay.
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SARAMTB
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Thank you so much for that info, great. right, will get onto it. cheers!
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EddyDave
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BTW the more tavel you start with at the front, the better in my opinion. As then you get more options. For example my bike had 80mm. I now have 100mm. But I can't go more than that without possibly snapping my bike into bits.

So 120mm would be nice. But budget is gonna be the decider me thinks


Trek's SKYE SL Disc looks pretty cool: "Built around the classic WSD fit that's made the WSD brand so successful, Skye hardtails give new off-road women riders an identity all their own."

However the Fork lets it down....
AVOID SUNTOUR!!!! (Trust me on that, especially forks) Just head into your Local Bike Shop (LBS) tell them what you want and leave the budget till last. ALWAYS Haggle on the price, or stuff like basic lights/mud guards/locks that they could throw in with the price :D
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SARAMTB
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:( - i bought one last night over t'internet that I had tried in the shop and liked (felt right) last week and it's got a suntour fork! The spec looks like this:

Frame:Contessa Sport. 7005 Alloy Double Butted. Solution geometry. Integrated headtube.
Fork:Suntour XCR
Front Derailleur:Shimano Deore FC-M510
Rear Derailleur:Shimano Deore SLX RD-M662. 27
Speed Shifters:Shimano Deore SL-M530
Chainset:Shimano FC-M442
Chainrings:44/32/22 Tooth chainrings Bottom
Bracket:Shimano BB-UN-26Cassette:Shimano CS-HG50-9. 11-32
Tooth rangeChain:Shimano CN-HG53
Pedals:Wellgo LU-998-SFront
Brake:Shimano BR-M486Rear
Brake:Shimano BR-M486Brake
Levers:Shimano BL-M486Handlebars:Scott Contessa
Stem:Scott Comp
Headset:Ritchey Logic Integrated
Rims:Alex XC-44 DisFront
Hub:Scott Disc Comp Centre lockRear
Hub:Shimano FH-RM65-8 Centre lock
Spokes:14 G. Stainless. BlackFront
Tyre:Scott OZON 26 x 2.0Rear
Tyre:Scott OZON 26 x 2.0
Saddle:Contessa VL 4135
Seatpost:Scott Team HL SP-214
Weight:28.63 lbs approx.

Have I messed up? yikes! £612
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SARAMTB
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Did buy from the online shop that i tested it with
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EddyDave
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Who makes the bike? and what is it?

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/scott/...ampaign=froogle t


This right?
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EddyDave
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Can't work out which of the damn forks it is. There are 3 XCR models. And each one has 3 options of travel lol. So could be any of 9!

I also just looked up the 2010 version. And they've switched it to a RockShox Dart 2. Which is an okay fork. I think its pretty similar to the XCR to be honest. And the whole bike isnt in a sale lol. so £750.

Bottom line being that you got a good spec for the money. The deore stuff is a good bunch. :)
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