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Buying a used bike...a few questions.
Well this will be my first Mountain Bike in years and it will be my first serious mountain bike.
I'm currently looking in the sub $1000cad level and most likely will buy something around 2 years old since I will end up with a better bike for cheaper. What should I look for when buying used? (I'm trying to find bikes with little wear like from people that bought a nice bike and then lost interest). Would it be better to buy a lower end frame with high end components that might be slightly more used or something with a better frame and a mix of components mostly lower mid range. I am mostly looking at hardtails since they are more in my price range such as the 2001 Norco Sasquatch and some others but I also found a 2001 Kona Manomano for a really good price. I don't think I need FS, it would be more of a luxury item since I will be doing more onroad riding at first until I find some people to ride with. Thanks for any help. |
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Buying a used bike...a few questions.
if you're in ottawa... i got a sweet full suspension you could think
about...... http://ogivar.no-ip.com/dilusion/FSR/ in my opinion full suspension is the way to go... i started on my brother's hard tail... and i couldn't do half the stuff my buddies were doing..... so i bought this bike... now i've upgraded and bought a brand new bike... g'luck dilusion wrote in message news:YIlWb.470835$ts4.77024@pd7tw3no... Well this will be my first Mountain Bike in years and it will be my first serious mountain bike. I'm currently looking in the sub $1000cad level and most likely will buy something around 2 years old since I will end up with a better bike for cheaper. What should I look for when buying used? (I'm trying to find bikes with little wear like from people that bought a nice bike and then lost interest). Would it be better to buy a lower end frame with high end components that might be slightly more used or something with a better frame and a mix of components mostly lower mid range. I am mostly looking at hardtails since they are more in my price range such as the 2001 Norco Sasquatch and some others but I also found a 2001 Kona Manomano for a really good price. I don't think I need FS, it would be more of a luxury item since I will be doing more onroad riding at first until I find some people to ride with. Thanks for any help. |
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Buying a used bike...a few questions.
DilusionNews top-posted:
if you're in ottawa... i got a sweet full suspension you could think about...... http://ogivar.no-ip.com/dilusion/FSR/ What's the effective top-tube length on that thing -- like, 8 inches?!? Bill "stem impalement imminent, Will Robinson" S. |
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Buying a used bike...a few questions.
"S o r n i" wrote in message ...
DilusionNews top-posted: if you're in ottawa... i got a sweet full suspension you could think about...... http://ogivar.no-ip.com/dilusion/FSR/ What's the effective top-tube length on that thing -- like, 8 inches?!? Bill "stem impalement imminent, Will Robinson" S. Its F.or S.hort R.iders. g |
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