loo_goblin
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Location: Horsham, West Sussex
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it didnt work joe as some one would probably say that seriously
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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Originally posted by Simon
If you only want to spend £100 on a bike then basically you are going to get a better bike if you stick to a simpler bike, either rigid or hard tail, the more fancy the bike looks with suspension etc then the cheaper the all round parts are going to be if it still only costs £100.
When I used to work in a bike shop it was so hard to get people to understand that. People saw full suspension bikes at low price and were set on that, then kicked up a fuss when they were bringing them back for repairs all the time. Also unless you are doing some serious offroading then a full suspension bike is going to make you even more tired cycling about than anything else.
Ditto.
People think because it's full suspension, it means it's the best thing in the world.
Similar to Paul_J's rant about 'non car people' and thinking a 1.0 will be slower than a 1.2 purely because it's 1.0! Not necessarily.
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lex2005
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Registered: 22nd Dec 05
Location: bristol
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ok what are ppls actualy price marker?
current deals in our shop are the merida kalahari 6 £150 from £200 and kalahari 8 £170 from £230 both aluminium frames sus on the k8 both come with acera front and rear mechs if wanted somthing abit more have last years merida sub 60d in a 16" for £380 full hayes/deore kitted so the deals are there its just looking in right places and working to your budget i deal with ppl looking at budget bouncer bikes all day and the only way to put it is "there more show less go" spending around the 2-300 mark will get u a nice bike for genruly mulling around on in the summer
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Superlite Ltd.
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Registered: 9th Jan 07
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Originally posted by Nath
Farking hell. My £200 bike has lasted me years without breaking.
But if its only been used once a week in those years that means nothing 
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kz
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Registered: 9th Aug 02
Location: Southend, Essex Drives: Mini Cooper S
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i got up early on purpose today to check the status of my bike. must of had it about seven years! £360 saracen le x-cell. done a few bits to it like changed the grips, crud catcher, seat, tioga tyres etc. but really i need to sort it out as its a 'slalom' bike  so they say... only has eight gears and is a complete pain in the arse to ride around town normally
its had some beatings though! quite a few meetings with trees and even landed me in hospital once lol. and although i battered the chainset, its still going
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Scotty C
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Registered: 6th Nov 05
Location: Kidderminster Drives: 1.6 16v Sport
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Originally posted by John
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_377919_langId_-1_CarSelectorCatalogId__CarSelectorGroupId__varient__categoryId_106174_crumb_33980-33957-82393_parentcategoryrn_106174
I may or may not buy that, I can always buy a proper one if I use it and it doesn't just sit in the garage.
There is a 99% probability of it sitting in the garage.
I've got that bike. It isn't horriable to ride at all IMO
[Edited on 10-05-2008 by Monster]
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John
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Good to know, think i'm going down for another wee browse today to try and convince myself I need a bike.
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Scotty C
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Honestly, you'll enjoy riding it, admitingly you'll need to harden up the rear sus as it does bounce around a bit, but a quick mess around and its fine 
Be quick though, it's already half price, and with 10% extra off until monday!
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Doug
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Registered: 8th Oct 03
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quote:
Originally posted by kz
i got up early on purpose today to check the status of my bike. must of had it about seven years! £360 saracen le x-cell. done a few bits to it like changed the grips, crud catcher, seat, tioga tyres etc. but really i need to sort it out as its a 'slalom' bike so they say... only has eight gears and is a complete pain in the arse to ride around town normally
its had some beatings though! quite a few meetings with trees and even landed me in hospital once lol. and although i battered the chainset, its still going
Thats exactly what I had, but it wasnt doing my dodgy knee any good as the frame was pretty small. So I got a 19" hard tail month ago, been great being out on it most nights 
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kz
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Registered: 9th Aug 02
Location: Southend, Essex Drives: Mini Cooper S
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yeah just got it out the shed and its dirty, but alright. gonna give it a clean up later
tbh, i kinda wanna get into proper mountain biking. with actual mountains  does anyone do this? might buy MTB mag later... but i would really need a proper set up for it
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Doug
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Registered: 8th Oct 03
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There are quite a few on here that do it!
Best bets are Deano and Superlite
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Bram
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
Location: Derby
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I've just bought a Saracen D-Tox full Suspension bike. After reading this thread its a good job I've bought it to get fit
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