Looking for a bike...

Dingleberry88 · 2 Jul 2007 at 21:50

£300 max.

Front suspension is a must.

I don't particularly want/need rear suspension.

Disc brakes would be nice.

I've been having a bit of a look around and found the following:

http://www.evanscycles.com/product.jsp?style=70222

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/...394_crumb_33980-33957_parentcategoryrn_82394#

^^They both look pretty much the same to me. Which is best? Any differences?

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/...394_crumb_33980-33957_parentcategoryrn_82394#

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/...394_crumb_33980-33957_parentcategoryrn_82394#

^^They look OK, but like I said, I don't really need FS. I'm sure they'd be pretty heavy too.

Any recommendations?

tom_e · 2 Jul 2007 at 22:00

what are you going to be using it for? and for that money id deffiantly stick to a hardtail and v brakes because a full susser will be heavy and basically crap and the disc brakes you will get will be cheap mechanicals which take a lot of work to keep them working any where near as well as decent v brakes

Dingleberry88 · 2 Jul 2007 at 22:09

The main reason for buying it is to take on holiday in a couple of weeks, but I'll still be using it when I come back.

I just want something to generally crash around on.

I'd need something that can take a beating as I'm pretty good at buckling wheels.

monkeypants · 2 Jul 2007 at 22:47

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=19756

That's what I'd go for in your price range.

Dingleberry88 · 3 Jul 2007 at 10:51

Why go for that over the Avalanche 3 (£20 more, but has discs)?

Not saying I shouldn't, I'd just like to know why you recommend it.

tom_e · 3 Jul 2007 at 11:07

the 2.0 has better forks than the 3.0 and a few other improved bits which are well worth it over the cheap mech disks you will get as an extra on the 3.0 disc