new to this forum - advice please
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DJ
Formerly known as djtheglove
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- On my bike in the smoke!!!!!!!!!!
greybeard said:
Don't know, never heard of it!?
But welcome anyway! Go down to the cafe and introduce yourself properly man, worry about your phone or what ever it is later!
HLaB
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Not a bad bike. my mate had one many years ago. Good XC bike for anyone then. Now, you can get much better bikes. technology has moved on massively in MTBS.
Not sure how much you are thinking of paying but its not worth it, as there are a lot of newer bikes out there for very good money.
What do you want the bike for?
Not sure how much you are thinking of paying but its not worth it, as there are a lot of newer bikes out there for very good money.
What do you want the bike for?
How old is it exactly? Evo 2's have been around for a while. Very good bikes in their day as most Oranges if an acquired taste. Price would very much depend on condition and the component spec (and its condition). If it's an early one then the geometry may only be for a (very by todays availability) short travel fork and no disk mounts.
If you only have a few hundred pound to play there are plenty of options in the various secondhand markets or you fancy something new then you can't go very wrong with a Speciallized Hardrock as a first bike. Find a last years model some where and your money goes further.
If you only have a few hundred pound to play there are plenty of options in the various secondhand markets or you fancy something new then you can't go very wrong with a Speciallized Hardrock as a first bike. Find a last years model some where and your money goes further.
As a fellow grey beard (unfit, overweight, one leg), here are some thoughts:
Price: maybe £200, but a) these are not good times to sell things and
who wants a ten-year-old mountain bike when for the same money you could buy a two-year-old model with more up-to-date features? Put it up for £100 and get a quick sale, accept £80, and think yourself fortunate.
Suitability: unless you're off across country, through woods and up and down hills, then FORGET IT. Mountain bikes are heavy, have enormous tractor-type tyres, and take probably 25% more effort to ride than a modern 'hybrid' or commuter bike.
After 40 years off, I restarted last October. My first rides were of about 400 yards - it is HARD work to start with. Four months on, it is a bit easier, and I am doing 4 or 5 miles, including horrible hills. Unless you are superfit just accept the limitations of age and rustiness. You will make progress, but it might be slower than you'd like!
And until you decide that you're going to spend every minute of your marvellous free time riding your bike, don't bother paying hundreds and hundreds of pounds on some glossy machine. For £100-£200 you'll get a perfectly adequate second-hand bike from a bike shop which will do you fine, otherwise you'll have ANOTHER expensive bike sitting in the shed doing nothing....
Good luck.
Allen.
Price: maybe £200, but a) these are not good times to sell things and
who wants a ten-year-old mountain bike when for the same money you could buy a two-year-old model with more up-to-date features? Put it up for £100 and get a quick sale, accept £80, and think yourself fortunate.Suitability: unless you're off across country, through woods and up and down hills, then FORGET IT. Mountain bikes are heavy, have enormous tractor-type tyres, and take probably 25% more effort to ride than a modern 'hybrid' or commuter bike.
After 40 years off, I restarted last October. My first rides were of about 400 yards - it is HARD work to start with. Four months on, it is a bit easier, and I am doing 4 or 5 miles, including horrible hills. Unless you are superfit just accept the limitations of age and rustiness. You will make progress, but it might be slower than you'd like!
And until you decide that you're going to spend every minute of your marvellous free time riding your bike, don't bother paying hundreds and hundreds of pounds on some glossy machine. For £100-£200 you'll get a perfectly adequate second-hand bike from a bike shop which will do you fine, otherwise you'll have ANOTHER expensive bike sitting in the shed doing nothing....
Good luck.
Allen.
