Old mtb for £200 - prudent or stupid?

Borsch · 13 Apr 2016 at 10:11

Furbs said:
Got an m4 frame rockhopper (grey silver) sitting in the shed. It defiantly needs some tlc but on the brakes (bleeding etc) but I never got round to doing anything with it.

Furbs, not sure if you received my pm, let me know if you're still selling (just set up a quick classified in MM so as not to break any rules).

If not, I'll start browsing for sale threads again

Rexxar · 13 Apr 2016 at 10:54

Buying an old bike to me would depend entirely on how confident I was at cycle mechanics. I have a fairly basic knowledge so would be careful, but if you know enough to deal with any potential issues then why not?

Borsch · 13 Apr 2016 at 12:00

Yeah, I'm looking for a loved/not abused bike, but I'm not too bad with mechanics (I quite enjoy working out how different bits of engineering work) and I also hope that if I was to take it to my local biek shop it will not cost as much to service/fix as a BMW say

Rexxar · 13 Apr 2016 at 16:45

Borsch said:
Yeah, I'm looking for a loved/not abused bike, but I'm not too bad with mechanics (I quite enjoy working out how different bits of engineering work) and I also hope that if I was to take it to my local biek shop it will not cost as much to service/fix as a BMW say

You can learn a great deal yourself purely from Youtube / The park tools online guide. where i learnt most of what i know.