Jump Bikes

[Mr Pig]

Mate of mine wants to start cycling and has been offered one of these by a guy at work:

Saracen Mantra. Long travel fork, weighs 40lb, I just don't think it's ideal for general purpose riding. More like a BMX with gears. What do you think?

It's a good price, the bike is almost new, but I just don't think it's what he needs.

 

[Kirstie]

What kind of riding does he want to do? If it's not dirt jumping or 4X I wouldn't get this. It's too heavy and the angles are all wrong for general purpose mtb.

 

[Mr Pig]

It's too heavy and the angles are all wrong for general purpose mtb.

That's exactly what I said to him last night. 40lb, good grief! He doesn't know what he wants to do with it but obviously he'll be mostly riding the back roads etc.

 

[Kirstie]

If he wants to ride on the road then he should get a road bike! Lugging that thing around will be a lot of hard work for not much reward...

 

[Greedo]

What kind of post is this????

Who cares about your 'mate'???

Stupid, stupid post.

Mate of mine wants to start cycling and has been offered one of these by a guy at work:

Saracen Mantra. Long travel fork, weighs 40lb, I just don't think it's ideal for general purpose riding. More like a BMX with gears. What do you think?

It's a good price, the bike is almost new, but I just don't think it's what he needs.

 

[Globalti]

With a bike that heavy he might start cycling but he won't go on beyond the first ride. Don't underestimate how unfit he will be; it will kill him.

 

[eldudino]

It'd be like riding round on the roads on a moto-x bike. Soft suspension, knobbly tyres, uncomfortable riding position. GREAT off road, not the best on-road. We were talking about this in work yesterday as a guy in work had to use his mountain bike as the rear mech had self destructed on his road bike. He couldn't get over the loud 'hum' from the tyres as he was cycling to work, let alone the poor cornering and slow steering. The mountain-bike-on-the-road craze was great when I was a kid but I wouldn't ride one as a road machine any more.

 

[Mr Pig]

With a bike that heavy he might start cycling but he won't go on beyond the first ride.

The guy selling it used it three times! ;0)

He won't want a road bike, it's all dirt tracks round our way. Thanks for the advice :0)