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Following on from my post Ebay Bikes.....has anyone any thoughts on this
bike. Targa Pro 19" New Gents Alloy Mountain Bike Disc Brake I have no connection whatsoever to the seller / maker. It looks as if it might be good enough for me at this time, I am not fast, keep the tyres connected to the ground as much as possible but more importantly am not in a position to shell out large amounts when my knowledge of modern bikes is almost nil. Perhaps the above could get me going then I could get talking with other riders who could help me make an informed decision later on should I wish to get a better quality bike. I did have a decent bike called a GT Tequesta and I loved it but some sod stole it, never recovered.....me or the bike Regards Alan |
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in message , Alan
') wrote: Following on from my post Ebay Bikes.....has anyone any thoughts on this bike. Targa Pro 19" New Gents Alloy Mountain Bike Disc Brake I have no connection whatsoever to the seller / maker. It looks as if it might be good enough for me at this time, I am not fast, keep the tyres connected to the ground as much as possible but more importantly am not in a position to shell out large amounts when my knowledge of modern bikes is almost nil. I think you'd do better seeing what you can get second hand locally. Disk brakes offer no benefit except in fairly extreme forms of cycling, and front suspension which is any good costs more than this. This bike will probably work OK, but will be significantly heavier than it needs to be because of 'features' (the suspension and the disks) which will offer very little benefit. -- (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/ Anagram: I'm soon broke. |
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Hi there,
I recon I could get up to maybe £300 to £400 or slightly higher....It also depends on how good a deal the bike is. Regards Alan "wheelsgoround" wrote in message ... On 28-Jul-2004, Simon Brooke wrote: I think you'd do better seeing what you can get second hand locally. Disk brakes offer no benefit except in fairly extreme forms of cycling, and front suspension which is any good costs more than this. This bike will probably work OK, but will be significantly heavier than it needs to be because of 'features' (the suspension and the disks) which will offer very little benefit. I agree completely. It's a bad move to get a cheap bike with suspension and disk brakes because it will all be of relatively poor quality. Better to spend the same money on a bike with "ordinary" (rim) brakes and no suspension. You will get a better quality bike which will be better to ride and will be more reliable. My advice to anyone buying a bike on the internet is "Don't" /unless you know exactly what you want and what you are getting/ What do you think you can stretch you budget to? Ian |
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On 28-Jul-2004, Simon Brooke wrote: I think you'd do better seeing what you can get second hand locally. Disk brakes offer no benefit except in fairly extreme forms of cycling, and front suspension which is any good costs more than this. This bike will probably work OK, but will be significantly heavier than it needs to be because of 'features' (the suspension and the disks) which will offer very little benefit. I agree completely. It's a bad move to get a cheap bike with suspension and disk brakes because it will all be of relatively poor quality. Better to spend the same money on a bike with "ordinary" (rim) brakes and no suspension. You will get a better quality bike which will be better to ride and will be more reliable. My advice to anyone buying a bike on the internet is "Don't" /unless you know exactly what you want and what you are getting/ What do you think you can stretch you budget to? Ian |
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Alan wrote:
Following on from my post Ebay Bikes.....has anyone any thoughts on thi= s bike. =20 Targa Pro 19" New Gents Alloy Mountain Bike Disc Brake In general, =A3200 is (IMHO) the point at which bikes /potentially/ start= =20 turning good. But there's a Big If, and that is that they must be as=20 basic as possible, so all the money is being spent on things that really = matter, such as a good frame and an acceptable transmission. Anything=20 that smacks of go-faster stripes is best avoided, and in this case the=20 GFS are disc brakes and suspension, both of which require Real Money=20 spending on them to be done properly. But first thing's first, what do you actually want to /do/ on the bike?=20 Mountain bikes are a great wheeze if you want to bomb around rocks,=20 bumps and mud, but they're very much second best outside of their own=20 particular arena. Many (most?) MTB owners don't take them on anything=20 you couldn't easily manage on something else and spend lots of extra=20 effort on roads where they'd be actively better off on something else,=20 so what do you have in mind? Pete. --=20 Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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On 28-Jul-2004, "Alan" wrote: I recon I could get up to maybe £300 to £400 or slightly higher....It also depends on how good a deal the bike is. £400 will get you a good bike. The Targa Pro you mentioned can be had for £169.99 retail (or maybe a bit less on ebay) so if you follow the no-suspension, no disk-brakes advice, your budget will get a much better bike. I''ll butt out at his point as Pete Clinch is asking the basic questions that need to be asked to determine what is the right kind of bike for you...... Ian |
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