gb155
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As the title says really, I have approx a max budget of £450 and want a HT MTB for snow days and off road commutes during the summer, your thoughts please.
GregCollins said:seriously? keep saving or start ebaying. or think about a rigid mtb, a CX bike or even a robust tourer. if you want a snow day bike snow tyres should do the trick and a CX/tourer will handle off road commuting unless your commute involves crossing the pennines off road or some such.
gb155 said:Totally why ?
I stated on a MTB and am enjoying riding my old one, My Ribble will always be my main bike (well until the next C2W) but I want a decent back up for when the weather doesnt allow me to be my roadie-self.
The off road will be pretty steep TBH
Norm said:The term "hybrid" is open to so many interpretations that I find it confusing. For instance:
- Does putting road tyres onto a rigid MTB make it a hybrid?
- Does putting flat bars onto a road bike make it a hybrid?
- Why are the Kona Smoke and Specialized Sirrus put into the same "hybrid" category?
- Why is a Specialized Sirrus (a fast road bike with flat bars) a hybrid when a Specialized Tricross (an off-road bike with drops) isn't?
Which shows, perfectly, the confusion. The Carrera 1, for example, a fairly well regarded product which Halfords sell as a hybrid, comes with 26" wheels.GregCollins said:first two = Nope because a hybrid has 700c wheels with mountain bike like geometry.
Norm said:Which shows, perfectly, the confusion. The Carrera 1, for example, a fairly well regarded product which Halfords sell as a hybrid, comes with 26" wheels.
There are plenty of 26" wheel hybrids.
joebingo said:In the Feb issue of What Mountain Bike, they did a feature on mountain bikes circa £300, The specialized HardRock won the day, if you could get one of those and save up a little extra cash and buy a new fork for it, you'll have a very good bike!
Apparently, the frame is identical across the entire hardrock range, the different costs of each model all depend on componentry.